Question About Ford 6.0 Diesel
I just bought a 2003 ford F350 6.0 Turbo Diesel with 119,000 miles. It is pristine, but now I read that they are absolute junk, and I am uncertain if I should keep it, and try to use it as a tow ve...
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Turtle n Peeps wrote:
For those of you that are throwing out failure numbers let do a little simple math. It's known that there were around a million 6.0's made.
A billion dollars (it's more now) divided by a million trucks = $1,000 in warranty costs for every single 6.0 Ford diesel engine made.
"IF" there is a 10% failure rate for these trucks (and remember, I'm not saying there is) you have a $9,000 "average warranty cost" for 10% of every 6.0 truck made. (someone check my math please and see if it's correct)
Ford said they paid out a billion dollars in warranty claims and here is the link to back up my facts.
These are numbers from Ford and informed Ford people, not me. If it makes you mad, talk to Ford, not me.
OP, all that being said, I would bullet proof it and get on with life. The rest of those trucks are very nice and have no known major problems.
1,000 for a diesel? that's chump change, or about the cost of 1 oil change. :p
