yep I think its a fluke as well, as I have never had them go bad this soon on any thing , and I have been thinking about it for a bit....and I was thinking it may have a bent or out of balance drive shaft or some other factor causing them to fail early, but up until recently, when they started giving up, I have not felt any vibration (a tell tail sign that some thing is a miss) well thanks again squid for the input and a great site... I will just take it to the dealer tomorrow after noon and see what they say, I left it at a friends about 60 miles away and drove my mustang to work the last two days until I had a day off to take it in..will keep every one updated when I know more.... I have been trying to work a deal on a 2010 laramie like it, with the dealer I got it from. (it may just be telling me its ready to go?? ha, ha,) I sure would like the heated seats ,back up camera, intergrated brake control,snow plow prep.(it adds a 180 amp alt.),and a automatic trans. to name a few goodies....well we will see ,