Dodge ram 3500 pickup review: rubber air dam under front bumper 1

the rubber air dam on the front of these trucks is held in place by 5 bolts that attach the air dam to the steel bumper. it also has several ribber clips that snap into holes in the bumper. my truck at around 35, 000 miles has this air dam come loose and start falling down. i got under the truck and notice that two of the 5 original attachment bolts were never installed during assembly. finally the middle sprig clip that attaches the air dam to the attachment bolt failed and the sir dam fell completely down only held by the two end bolts. it broke the rubber on the air dam and it fell off. i purchased two bolts of the same thread pattern to try to install on the holes where the original bolts were left out in an attempt to reinstall the air dam. there is no way to get these new bolts in the holes made for them due to the bumper bracing. the only way i can See for these to be installed is for all the front bumper bracing be undone . this is why the bolts were never installed at the factory during assembly. i believe Dodge should make this good and replace the rubber air dam at no cost to the customer since their factory assemble caused the problem in the first place.

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