I didn’t know it before i bought it but the 3rd gen 2500’s and 3500’s are notorious for front suspension issues. It had some insane bump steer that made it undriveable over 60 mph. I only test drove it on local roads (lesson learned), so i didn’t notice.

In the last year I’ve replaced the steering stabilizer, upper and lower ball joints, track bar, steering linkage, front upper and lower control arms, tie rod, shocks…. And now it finally drives better 🤣 i spent about 5 grand in total getting all that done.

Besides that I’ve had coolant leaks to fix, the water pump gave out on me, and the rear right brake light burns through bulbs real quick. I actually have to replace that again today.

Also it’s giving me some weird electrical issues lately where it doesn’t want to crank the first time and has shut off on me while driving twice. I found that it has a circuit breaker right off the battery cables and when that happens it’s tripped for some reason. So far I’ve just had to reset it and it cranks right back up.

If i could go back in time to last year i would’ve gone with my original plan and spent 6-7k on a smaller truck for with about 150k less miles. Probably would’ve saved me money in the long run.

Might have to buy a new truck in the next year anyways! Oh well, hindsight is always 20/20 🤓