I have a 2015 Challenger ScatPak Manual at the dealership for warranty repairs (which has been a massive ordeal spanning close to a month now; dealer could give two crispy shits about returning calls not only to me but to Dodge HQ as well and the Dodge customer support is NO basket of roses on that front either) and there's finally been movement on it but it's worrying to say the least. Can I get the community's opinion on this?
A bad lifter has mushroomed the camshaft. Dodge is replacing the camshaft under warranty and the affected cylinder's lifter... but that's it. The rest of the lifters aren't being touched and will be reused... WHAT?? To my knowledge this (and many other knowledgeable sources, albeit maybe not SRT master techs), the cam and lifters mate during break-in. I can think of two reasons why this is no bueno:
1. Since the cam and lifters "mate" together during wear-in using old lifters could ruin the new cam (or make it wear much quicker)
2. They're using a known bad lifter (new updated lifters have been made since this car's release) which very well could develop the same issue on other cylinders and, again, ruin the new cam
Does this pass the smell test to you? How am I not just driving a ticking time bomb at this point? Am I being overly concerned? I really wanted to keep this car for many many more miles but dropping it like a smelly turd at 61k miles seems to be a bit premature.
A bad lifter has mushroomed the camshaft. Dodge is replacing the camshaft under warranty and the affected cylinder's lifter... but that's it. The rest of the lifters aren't being touched and will be reused... WHAT?? To my knowledge this (and many other knowledgeable sources, albeit maybe not SRT master techs), the cam and lifters mate during break-in. I can think of two reasons why this is no bueno:
1. Since the cam and lifters "mate" together during wear-in using old lifters could ruin the new cam (or make it wear much quicker)
2. They're using a known bad lifter (new updated lifters have been made since this car's release) which very well could develop the same issue on other cylinders and, again, ruin the new cam
Does this pass the smell test to you? How am I not just driving a ticking time bomb at this point? Am I being overly concerned? I really wanted to keep this car for many many more miles but dropping it like a smelly turd at 61k miles seems to be a bit premature.