agesilaus wrote:
One lemon does not indicate that all diesels are bad. And you aren't even complaining about the engine. My experience is just the opposite of yours, in 6 years the truck has been in the shop for 4 hours or less total. And a Dodge gasser might use the same transmission, and that has been their weak point for a long time.
I agree, too.
I have driven gassers between 1963 when I got my license, and 2001, when we got the VW Jetta TDI, and diesels since then I've had no more or less trouble with the diesels than we had with gassers.
We had a couple Chevy cars, then a BMW, then a Fiat, Subaru, VW buses, and when we went diesel, the VW, a Jeep, and another BMW. The VW and BMW diesels have been the most solid cars we've ever owned. The Jeep was the least reliable and most troublesome. Among the gassers, the Fiat and VW buses the poorest, the Subaru and BMW the best.
I have to point out that indeed, your complaint isn't about the engine, but about the transmission. Chrysler transmissions do have a poorer-than-average reputation, from what I've heard.
