I think I have the dreaded Cam Phaser Rattle

[Badgertits]

I dunno what's "dreaded" about it....dreaded would be dropping a lifter or 3 & wiping out the cam lobes/top end of a GM or Mopar V8 w/ DOD feature. I "think" my 2018 w/ 27k miles has started doing some cam phaser rattle on cold initial start on occasion, but don't see what the concern/"dread" would be when MANY people have NEVER had this "fixed" by the dealer & run their vehicles 100k trade em in don't look back....My understanding is you can have the noise ongoing for 10's of thousands of miles w/o any issue or excess wear to other components

 

[jimmyv13]

My local dealer told me to go ahead and have them replaced, the new parts are better and won't fail again. I'm at 86K.

 

[nikhsub1]

So I'm bringing my truck to the dealer tomorrow am for the TSB on the rough shifting trans - I have a 11/17 build date. Anyway, I also have bad phasers to this morning I thought I'd video a remote cold start. Damn thing made no noise SMH. I'll try again tomorrow.