Ford's answers to the NHTSA 6.7 Investigation

ib516 wrote:

NewsW wrote:

Flashman wrote:


The Dodge Cummins is looking better and better.

Don't give up yet.

If it is a problem isolated to the Bosch CP 4 pump, it is isolated.

The Cummins is a laggard in the HP race, and there is a lot of talk that the 6.7 6 will be replaced with a V8 in a few years.

At some point, they are also going to migrate to the CP 4.

There are few good options.

I think Martha Stewart knows more about Cummins diesels than you do; especially what the future holds for them and what they design and install in RAM trucks.

Having said that, when/if they (Cummins) redesign things, this issue will have been worked out - and all the Beta testers will have bought their trucks, had them fail, and had them fixed (out of pocket or otherwise).

Cummins deserves credit for sticking with proven technology (CP3), even if it means they are 0.8 seconds slower in the 1/4 mile pulling a 19,000# trailer.

I know if I were buying a new diesel today, I'd buy a RAM/Cummins. If you would have asked me a month or two ago, I would have said I'd shop all three. That isn't the case anymore. The Duramax would be my second choice.

I'll take a barely noticeable performance penalty over a $10,000, $12,000, or $18,000 repair bill any day.

I agree.
But your wrong about the Cummins IB. Ram is going to need more power thus they'll have to ditch the I6 banger by adding 2 more holes. You know just like the OTR tractors with the Cummins V8 :H :B :B
Sometimes being the slow kid pays off.