# 2003 Dodge Ram 1500 new muffler blew apart **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** ram1500, dodge\ **Created:** [October 17, 2021, 4:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-dodge-ram-1500-new-muffler-blew-apart/180043 "2021-10-17T16:23:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JeffreymaagII](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JeffreymaagII](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JeffreymaagII)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2021, 4:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-dodge-ram-1500-new-muffler-blew-apart/180043/1 "2021-10-17T16:23:58Z")
Just had a new muffler put on going down the road about 55 heard loud noise look at it muffler blew apart. ---
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2021, 6:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-dodge-ram-1500-new-muffler-blew-apart/180043/2 "2021-10-17T18:18:19Z")
Take it back to where you got it and see what they have to say about it. ---
**Author:** ![NYBo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nybo/32/17281_2.png) [@NYBo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/NYBo)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 1:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-dodge-ram-1500-new-muffler-blew-apart/180043/3 "2021-10-18T13:16:54Z")
It sounds like a backfire blew it out. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 1:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-dodge-ram-1500-new-muffler-blew-apart/180043/4 "2021-10-18T13:45:38Z")
> [@Renegade](#): > > Take it back to where you got it and see what they have to say about it. +1 > [@NYBo](#): > > It sounds like a backfire blew it out. Again, +1, but if an engine problem led to the destruction of the muffler, neither the muffler mfr nor the muffler shop will replace it without charge. ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 2:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-dodge-ram-1500-new-muffler-blew-apart/180043/5 "2021-10-18T14:02:58Z")
Please let us know what happened. What the muffler shop finds and if this was due to an engine malfunction. Even with old carbureted cars when a backfire could be deliberately induce I have never seen or heard of a muffler blowing apart. Only rusting out at several years of use. ---
**Author:** ![Scrapyard-John](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@Scrapyard-John](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Scrapyard-John)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 3:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-dodge-ram-1500-new-muffler-blew-apart/180043/6 "2021-10-18T15:27:17Z")
Had something similar happen on Dad’s 454 equipped Caprice when I was in high school. My car was down for repairs so I drove the then sidelined Caprice and did a few 100 foot one wheel peels in the high school parking lot. Exhaust note changed, and when I looked under the car, the mufflers had ballooned out. This is the first time I’ve mentioned it since, so don’t tell Dad! ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 6:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-dodge-ram-1500-new-muffler-blew-apart/180043/7 "2021-10-18T18:07:02Z")
Wouldt the cats deal with excessive gas in exhaust before it got to muff? I’d like to see a list of age on all exhaust parts. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2021, 12:34am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-dodge-ram-1500-new-muffler-blew-apart/180043/8 "2021-10-19T00:34:59Z")
What was the motivation for a new muffler? If it’s b/c the old one blew off the tailpipe, you engine may required some tuning or repairs. Ray and Tom told their story several times show about how they’d drive through a tunnel, turn the key to off so raw fuel would run into the exhaust system, then back to on, which would cause a big backfire and give the other drivers in the tunnel pause … lol … ---
**Author:** ![JoeMario](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@JoeMario](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JoeMario)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2021, 1:19am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-dodge-ram-1500-new-muffler-blew-apart/180043/9 "2021-10-19T01:19:12Z")
> [@George\_San\_Jose1](#): > > Ray and Tom told their story several times show about how they’d drive through a tunnel, turn the key to off so raw fuel would run into the exhaust system, then back to on, which would cause a big backfire and give the other drivers in the tunnel pause I used to do that a lot, both in tunnels and out in the open. It was amazing how loud it was. I never blew a muffler, but friends did in their cars.