Originally Posted by
KDW4Him
I just started with the same symptoms you describe. Especially on a 90 degree day. There is post after post of people saying at about 30K miles the OEM pump gives up and a new one is needed. I just turned 31K miles. Even though I am placing a $120 guess at it by getting a new pump the odds are still in my favor by all of the other SRT's who have needed pumps at 30K.
The 30,000 mile life span is news to me, they went bad after various miles. Many never got close to 30,000 as. Badly designed part caused the problems.
I replaced mine when I got the car rather than waiting for it to go.