2008 duramax and 2011 power stroke issues?

I have an 08 Duramax, see sig, and it has been flawless. Pop the hood on both truck and you will see the Duramax is not as complicated as the PS. I had a PS and it was nearly impossible to get your hand I. The engine to work on. My Duramax I can almost close the hood with me inside.

My truck just turned 130000 miles and has been in the shop once, to repair a leaky tranny cooler line. GM has a bulletin out on this issue so check the truck to see if it's been changed out. The leak is a the cooler in front t of the radiator. The OEM had plastic fittings and the new hoses use metal.

Love my Duramax just with the truck looked as good as the Ford.

Wow I thought the 6.7 were a decent motor. What kind of problems?

Yeah, 2015s proven them self to last 2 years

From an engine standpoint only the Dmax is a far better choice.

The 2011-2014 had a lot of problems. Ford made a lot of changes on the 2015+ and that made a huge difference in reliability.

If you were talking about a 2015+ Ford my answer would be different.

I generally stay away from a first year of anything. Last year of a model or engine is much better than first.

Ford diesel years-

'83-'87 International IDI 6.9
'88-'94 International IDI 7.3
'94-'02 DIT Powerstroke 7.3 (International T444E)
'03-'07 Powerstroke 6.0 (International VT365)
'08-'10 Powerstroke 6.4 (International MaxxForce 7)
'11-present Powerstroke 6.7

2008 Duramax has the first gen DPF equipped exhaust.

2011 Powerstroke is the first year of the 6.7 and includes DEF equipped exhaust.

It really comes down to the history of the trucks. What kind of repairs were done, body repairs due to wrecks, physical condition, oil leaks, condition of front suspension ball joints. Obviously the '08 doesn't have any warranty left and the '11 may still have left this year pending mileage is less than 100k.

Good luck...