This is the first TA or Gen V alleged engine failure that I have been made aware of. And I was not aware that a "rod knock" was equivalent to an engine blowing up. A bit of hyperbole perhaps?
Bruce has tracked his TA for hundreds, if not more than a thousand, miles, as shown by his posted videos, with flawless performance. I gave 135 miles of rides on the Homestead Speedway Road Course on November 22nd with the high speed banks of the third and fourth corners of the NASCAR track included without any issues arising. Tony has aggressively raced his Gen V as shown by the videos he has posted. So without specific proof of the other alleged failures you mention, I am a little skeptical. Another reason I am skeptical is that if there had been that many failures, I think Dodge would have issued a letter already to Gen V owners suggesting that they bring their car in and have it checked and that has not occurred.
If there were in fact that many failures, my money would be on the theory that the nannytech was turned off as much as allowed in each case and a torque management issue may have occurred.
Which dealership did you purchase the car from and how many miles were on it when the alleged failure occurred? Also, were you by any chance using launch control when it happened?
Thanks in advance for the data.
