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doverarjim Senior Enthusiast

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Replaced the low beam headlights in my truck for the second time this year!! Pulled it apart two weeks ago and ordered some LED's for it and when they came in one side worked great and one bulb only 1/2 of it lit up, so I sent them back and got another brand set in when to pull them up and neither one of them worked!!!! Dealer had another set just like the ones I had and they would not work either!!! So I went back with the Sylvinina (sp) bulbs, I hope I don't get to do this again anytime soon. :jester:

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Chevor Senior Enthusiast

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Drove out of my 36,000 mile 3 year bumper to bumper warranty on the 2013.

 

The difference between to LML and LMM year diesels is pretty great. Came down the grade headed westbound on I 80 before Laramie, WY with 8000 pound camper. 2013, 5th gear only shifted to 4th for a few seconds, never used the brakes. My 2010 I would be screaming 3rd gear and would of had touch the brakes a few times.

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Colossus Senior Enthusiast

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You still have the power train and emissions warranty! Speaking of which, any emissions issues on your 2013?

Chevor Senior Enthusiast

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I Have 100k/5 year powertrain warranty on 2013 till Sept 2018. And it's actually warranty till 100,203 miles because truck had 203 miles on Odometer at time of purchase. GM sent a letter saying 9th injector is under warranty for 120,000 mile 10 years.

 

No I don't have emissions issues. Short trips are what I think causes those problems.

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Jsdirt Senior Enthusiast

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Yeah, it's a nice racket GM has created there.

 

My dad is getting close to 80, so he drives pretty gentle and slow in his '09 Duramax. When the thing was new, he would be at the dealer every 2-300 miles for DPF problems at $200 a whack. Thing would go into limp mode at the worst possible time. One time we were towing his center-console boat down the Cape, in the middle of 495 traffic, and now couldn't maintain 55mph. What a joke!

 

If you were to baby a diesel like this, you'd get 500k or more out of it. GM can't have that now! Drive them gently, and all the emissions crap goes haywire. It's even worse on the newer ones people tell me. If you don't work them hard day in and day out, everything screws up.

MikeNH Senior Enthusiast

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Yeah, it's a nice racket GM has created there.

 

My dad is getting close to 80, so he drives pretty gentle and slow in his '09 Duramax. When the thing was new, he would be at the dealer every 2-300 miles for DPF problems at $200 a whack. Thing would go into limp mode at the worst possible time. One time we were towing his center-console boat down the Cape, in the middle of 495 traffic, and now couldn't maintain 55mph. What a joke!

 

If you were to baby a diesel like this, you'd get 500k or more out of it. GM can't have that now! Drive them gently, and all the emissions crap goes haywire. It's even worse on the newer ones people tell me. If you don't work them hard day in and day out, everything screws up.

 

 

 

The emissions are certainly not the best thing to happen do diesels but GM has sold hundreds of thousands of Duramax powered trucks that run just fine. As have Ford and Ram.

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You sure about that regarding Ford? LOL ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

Badass69 Senior Enthusiast

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What does shoddy aftermarket tuning that grenades the 6.7 with too much timing have to do with anything... The 6.7 is a pretty decent platform..

 

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Jsdirt Senior Enthusiast

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There's plenty of them that burn up as a direct result of emissions equipment.

 

Search his site - I picked the wrong vid.

Badass69 Senior Enthusiast

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And there is plenty of them (I work amongst them) with hundreds of thousands of miles that are absolutely fine... Anybody selling a product will always tell you what kind of pos something is to make you give them money.

 

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Here's a good one - vacuum cleaner 6.7 LOLOL!!!

 

 

 

Some more, in case you still think these engines are great off the showroom floor:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dodge is not immune either:

 

 

 

 

And the new ecodiesel:

 

 

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Badass69 Senior Enthusiast

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This coming from a guy that does nothing but complain about anything built after about 1985.... Good job.

 

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Jsdirt Senior Enthusiast

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Your point? I think I just proved part of it ... and this is only diesels. I could go on all afternoon about gas engines.

 

And your wrong, btw. Anything built after 1972 sucks. That's the truth too. Those were some of the last vehicles to be built with any semblance of quality from front to back.

 

It could be argued that pre-WWII cars were the last good ones. The chrome bumpers on those can be seen still shining, even after spending 60 years buried in mud.

 

Try that with your modern vehicle. I'll talk to you in 60 years. :lol:

 

Hey, you do what you want. It's your money! I'll keep mine in my wallet, thank you very much.

Badass69 Senior Enthusiast

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Please don't... Well you have a lot of free time and the internet is a great place for you to vent to the world your frustrations... So go hard and set us all straight... Lol

 

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It's Sunday, so ... :lol::lol::lol:

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