How much weight are you pulling? What’s your driving style? I beat the tar out of my truck and hold it wide open with 20,000+ pound loads behind me up mountain passes. Mine has never missed a beat and the transmission has been flawless.
L5p lifter failure
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The sad part is that this is a personal truck that doesn't tow often. I only tow my boat occasionally. You have been lucky or got a good one. I'm sure they have more trucks running than failing but I personally have never had so many issues with a Duramax. My buddy included.
Still doesn't seem like a wide spread problem. So I still have faith in the Duramax. Definitely take it iver a Ram right now. Ford seems to be the only one without major mechanical issues right now. You just have to worry about fuel leaks that burn the trucks to the ground
I see a lot more problems on these trucks when guys use them like you. These trucks aren’t grocery getters, they are made for work. I see lots of guys running them hard and towing heavy every day and some are over 200k towing every day and their trucks have been problem free.
You pick your poison these days. You could have got a ford and have the cp4 explode, intercooler tube blow out, injector valve seals leak, front cover leak, etc. or you could get a dodge and have the 68 which is junk or let’s say it has the aisin, then you still have issues with front timing cover that leaks, exhaust manifolds that shrink, interior that falls apart and so on.
At the end of the day, all these new truck you basically pick your flavor and deal with the crap they are built out of. Is it upsetting to spend the kind of money they cost and have issues? Yup. Just sucks
