Anyone making a reliable new truck now?
I read nothing but problems out of new trucks now. The new Ford 7.3 gas engine that I had hopes for has spark plug wiring harness problems. Chevy gas engines are still using the deal where they drop...
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Well I had 375k miles on my 01 ram and it is still going at my brother in laws house. Not that it never needed a repair that not really anything I would call abnormal. My 2017 ram at 144k had an oil leak fixed under warranty aside from that no issues. Most truck forums and here for that matter focus on problems, you rarely hear from the vast majority of owners who either have no problems or at least don’t voice them on the internet.
Think back 30 or 40 years ago and American automakers could barely build a vehicle that could last out of warranty. You don’t think they went bang back then. They built engines to last 75-80 k miles carburetor problems on the GM Rochester quadrajet that they just kept using for years. Don’t forget the points and condensers crapping out on the highway in the rain, distributors caps cracking leaving you stranded. Granted the fixes were easier if you had a modicum of mechanical ability and you didn’t need a computer to figure out what was wrong. Thankfully the Japanese pretty much forced the American makers to up their game. Though they have had their share of problems over the years as well
Vehicles seem insanely expensive today but they are also insanely better in so many ways. I do long for the old days vehicles of yesteryears simplicity but the heated seats,variable timing, brakes etc of today would be hard to give up
Think back 30 or 40 years ago and American automakers could barely build a vehicle that could last out of warranty. You don’t think they went bang back then. They built engines to last 75-80 k miles carburetor problems on the GM Rochester quadrajet that they just kept using for years. Don’t forget the points and condensers crapping out on the highway in the rain, distributors caps cracking leaving you stranded. Granted the fixes were easier if you had a modicum of mechanical ability and you didn’t need a computer to figure out what was wrong. Thankfully the Japanese pretty much forced the American makers to up their game. Though they have had their share of problems over the years as well
Vehicles seem insanely expensive today but they are also insanely better in so many ways. I do long for the old days vehicles of yesteryears simplicity but the heated seats,variable timing, brakes etc of today would be hard to give up
