Silverado 3500HD 2013 vs 2014
It sounds like the changes to the diesel this year MAY be mostly cosmetic. Are we better off with a leftover 2013 or waiting for the new 2014. The major change coming is in 2015. We had planned on s...
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The big changes actually will come in 2017 with the new federal regulations. With the new engines there is a good chance that there will be increased maintenance costs and there will definitely be new motor oils for them. The motor oil companies are working hard to develop the new oils which will need to not shear with the tighter tolerances of the new engines which make for a thinner film of oil.
The emissions changes have been difficult for the auto makers to meet without reliability problems. Buying the first model year as with the 2011 Duramax and the 2013 Ram diesel is a high risk proposition with problems with wiring, with heat shielding, with NOx sensors, DEF sensors, and programming shortcomings. The trucks are more reliable overall than their predecessors but when a problem does develop they are much more difficult for the dealers' mechanics to accurately diagnose and fix.
The emissions changes have been difficult for the auto makers to meet without reliability problems. Buying the first model year as with the 2011 Duramax and the 2013 Ram diesel is a high risk proposition with problems with wiring, with heat shielding, with NOx sensors, DEF sensors, and programming shortcomings. The trucks are more reliable overall than their predecessors but when a problem does develop they are much more difficult for the dealers' mechanics to accurately diagnose and fix.
