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IdaD
Nov 19, 2015Explorer
Bamaman1 wrote:
The 4 cylinder and diesel will be nice trucks.
But the 3.6 GM V-6 is an extremely problematic engine--probably worst engine in any U.S. vehicle. The big problem is camshaft chains stretching and causing the engine to jump timing. They have to half disassemble the engine to replace the three chains and sprockets, and it's a $2400 average repair. Unfortunately, GM only warrants these engines 36K miles.
I hadn't heard that before. That's unfortunate.
I'll be interested to see how this thing does in terms of sales versus the Tacoma, which almost seems to have a cult-like following. I've never owned a Tacoma but even I feel like I'd almost gravitate to one by default, just cause they've been so good for so long.
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