I've heard some good and bad about the V6 Cummins in 1500 trucks, what is the real world experiencing

Eco-Diesel? It's not a Cummins. I think they're manufactured by Fiat. My Dad has one (2015?), and he seems to like it. It gets high 20's MPG on the highway. and will go 600+ miles on a tank of fuel. I've driven it enough. My biggest complaint is that it has an annoying hesitation taking off from a complete stop. Other than that, if you mash on the gas, it'll get on outta here (impressively). The ecodiesel is a nice truck. If I were in the market for a new truck, I'd probably opt for the Hemi. The Hemi has roughly the same torque and towing capacity, but you'll give up some MPGs even with the MDS. If you're seriously in the market though, go ahead and test drive one of those ecodiesels. It might just be your thing!

They are not available new anymore...

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Must be the rumors I heard about valve train or cylinder head problems may have been the reason for Dodge to stop offering them

The 3L VM Motori V6 in the Ram 1500 is alleged to suffer bottom end troubles, perhaps due to the originally recommended lube oil:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/research/seven-engines-to-avoid-like-the-plague/ar-AAvZ7VM#page=7

"They are not available new anymore..."

Fake News....

https://2019besttrucks.com/ram/2019-ram-1500-ecodiesel/

- EM

You can get them but avoid.

I’ve put 48k on my 2015.

The failure rate on crankshafts has been as high as 214 a month. Which doesn’t sound like a lot but they only sold 104k units between the affected years.

If you compare the failure numbers vs Cummins trucks it’s outrageous.

There is a ton of emails back and forth in the public record between epa and FCA.

There is a settlement pending awarding cash to 2014-2016 owners who bought trucks that were not epa compliant. What is most important in the settlement is the additional warranty on emissions components that are huge $. Nit does not include the engine itself but all emissions heads and fuel pump. This is making me consider keeping mine. Note the basic engine warranty is 5years 100k.

My mileage sucks but it is more to do with my now short commute.

I wouldn’t buy another one and note all of this is from memory if you look at my previous posts you’ll find potentially more accurate numbers linked to other sources.

I work on them.... very high on my vehicles I’ll never own list.

Maybe so, but my dealer will not buy one for stock.