These unreliable new diesel engines!
Apparently my 2014 Ram Cummins with almost 100k miles on it must be a unicorn in the fact that it hasn't broke down on me yet because many people here(mostly non late model diesel owners) think that n...
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You guys have me kind of paranoid... I recently purchased a '12 GMC 2500HD SLT crew cab diesel with 75k miles on it from a local farmer, truck is in really nice condition, average lifetime speed is 39mph according to the hour meter, and I got a decent deal on it. It drives great, never needed any work, fully loaded. Only thing I'm scared of is the CP4 failure issue but I think this truck has been run on B20 its whole life since that's pretty much all you can get in our county.
I guess I'll just keep an emergency fund and trade it in if it gets expensive. It's so much of an upgrade over a half ton/5.3L/4L60E towing experience. Only thing I was scared of was an in tank fuel pump failure on that but I proactively changed it before it went out and it wasn't expensive to fix.
I feel comfortable doing just about any DIY work, but if I need a full fuel system replacement I just don't have the time to do that myself because it's such a pain in the neck. If it just needed fuel injectors or a turbo or something I would DIY that as long as it wasn't on the side of a road. My truck is still under urea tank and glow plug extended warranties.
The funny thing is, I couldn't find much bad about the '12 Duramaxes until after I bought it. Oh well, I love the truck. Prices for both new and used diesel trucks in my area are really high, so I would think if long term reliability was so bad they would drop like a stone.
I guess I'll just keep an emergency fund and trade it in if it gets expensive. It's so much of an upgrade over a half ton/5.3L/4L60E towing experience. Only thing I was scared of was an in tank fuel pump failure on that but I proactively changed it before it went out and it wasn't expensive to fix.
I feel comfortable doing just about any DIY work, but if I need a full fuel system replacement I just don't have the time to do that myself because it's such a pain in the neck. If it just needed fuel injectors or a turbo or something I would DIY that as long as it wasn't on the side of a road. My truck is still under urea tank and glow plug extended warranties.
The funny thing is, I couldn't find much bad about the '12 Duramaxes until after I bought it. Oh well, I love the truck. Prices for both new and used diesel trucks in my area are really high, so I would think if long term reliability was so bad they would drop like a stone.
