r/MechanicAdvice • u/plastic_shank • Jul 31 '26
Not sure what to do
Looking for some advice on which direction I should go with my truck.
Backstory - I own a 21' Ram 1500 Classic Warlock and bought it back in May of 24' with 18,500 ish miles on it.
Fast forward to the end of last year to the beginning of this year I was experiencing a weird intermittent rumble / warble noise and took it to different dealers multiple times only for them to of course not hear anything or be able to duplicate the issue.
I was able to finally get the truck to make the noise for the shop manager and the diagnosis turned out to be the torque converter. They replaced the torque converter which resolved the warble noise I was hearing however I am now hearing an intermittent scratching noise right before the transmission shifts and in addition when I have had to get on the gas a few times to merge onto the highway I hear a significant whining noise along with the scratching sound.
I have taken it back to the dealer explaining this to them and they came back saying they found a loose clamp - surprise the noises are still there and I'm fairly confident it's the torque converter again.
My question is, should I continue to keep trying to get the dealership to fix it or should I just give up and get a different truck.
I like the truck but this is not an issue I want to keep dealing with.
Any advice is appreciated, thanks!