2024 Ram 2500 Lemon Law Case Study: Cash and Keep Settlement in Texas
The Ram 2500 Case in Brief: 1 Visit and 54 Days in the Shop
Our client purchased this 2024 Ram 2500 new in Texas. On its one repair visit, the dealer had it for 54 days.
After Easy Lemon took the file to Ram, the case closed with a cash-and-keep settlement of $21,000. Part went to our client and the rest covered attorney fees. Our client kept the vehicle.
Systems Involved
- Drivetrain/Axles
- Transmission
What the Dealer Found Each Visit
Visit 1: June 2-July 25, 2025
- The owner reported that when shifting the vehicle into gear or park, there is a loud engagement noise resembling metal-to-metal knocking or banging.
- The technician, using chassis ears and a stethoscope, found the noise coming from the rear end, which became louder after driving approximately 10 miles.
- The technician replaced the carrier assembly, ring gear, and pinion.
- A clunking noise was also identified in the rear differential.
- After the rear differential was overhauled, the noise increased when the vehicle was driven and the temperature rose.
- The rear differential was also replaced.
Can a 2024 Ram 2500 Be a Lemon in Texas?
Texas Lemon Law (Tex. Occ. Code §2301.601 to §2301.613) covers new motor vehicles purchased or leased in Texas for personal, family, or household use (also covers towable recreational vehicles).
- Repair attempts: 4 repair attempts for the same defect (or 2 for serious safety defects)
- Days out of service: 30 cumulative days
- Remedies: Replacement vehicle or full refund (minus reasonable use offset)
- Attorney fees: No - the Texas Lemon Law has no attorney-fee provision; a consumer who wins the TxDMV case gets the $35 filing fee back from the manufacturer (Tex. Occ. Code §2301.712(b))
How Was This Ram 2500 Lemon Law Claim Resolved?
Free Case Review
The review began with the repair orders: 1 visit and 54 days at the dealer for this Ram 2500.
Building the File
Complaint, diagnosis, repair: we recorded all three for every visit, in date order, to show the defects returning.
Demand to Ram
Our demand letter to Ram walked through the visits and requested a cash settlement.
Cash and Keep
Ram settled for $21,000 as a cash-and-keep settlement. The attorney fees came out of that amount.
$21,000 Cash and Keep Secured
Key Case Facts
- Vehicle: 2024 Ram 2500
- Purchased in: Texas
- Status at purchase: New
- Systems involved: Drivetrain/Axles, Transmission
- Repair attempts: 1 visit
- Days out of service: 54 days
- Manufacturer: Ram
- Settlement type: Cash and Keep
- Settlement amount: $21,000 (Cash and Keep)
What Our Clients Are Saying
Attorney on Record
Aaron Waldo, Esq.
Attorney, Easy Lemon by RockPoint Law P.C.
Attorney at Easy Lemon by RockPoint Law P.C., handling lemon law claims. Aaron has helped hundreds of consumers recover full buybacks and cash settlements against major vehicle manufacturers.
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