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kstruckcountry Senior Enthusiast

kstruckcountry

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The Cummins was a good engine in a terrible wrapper.

I don't know, we had a '97 Dodge 1 ton, and the Cummins needed overhauled around 250k and had other issues afterwards... the body, on the other hand finally started to show rust on a few brush bashes on the front fenders. There was no visible rust in the rockers when it was sold with around 340k. Frame held up with being loaded to 13,000 pounds and being beat around in a pasture. Sold due to a persistent overheating issue that diesel specialist couldn't figure out.

 

Its replacement (Cummins) nuked itself at 200k and needed a rebuild... What are the odds?

sdeeter19555 Senior Enthusiast

sdeeter19555

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Had nearly 300k on my 2004.5, and most of that was chipped...that truck went on average 20k between oil changes without a drop used and towed/hauled regularly. Lost one injector due to getting a tank full of water (drained gallons out of the filters). Body was perfect when I traded on this 2012. Same for the 99s I had before that...one had 250k, the other had 300k...the only issues I had with those two were lift pumps and the auto trans in the on (the other was a 5spd).

 

This 2012 silverado I have, a couple minor issues (frame beaming that was ture related, the TSB 4wd noise that is considered normal, and a broken radiator reservoir cap) in 90k miles, body is rust free, frame is rust free, is used to tow/haul more often than my previous two Cummins!

 

As was said, take care of them and they last...

 

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bassJAM Enthusiast

bassJAM

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I'd love to see a graph of each of the truck brands in the form of a bell graph telling you how long they lasted until they died.

 

 

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I imagine the Ford and Chevy curves would be pretty tight, with a few lemons that are done after 10 years, most lasting around 15-20 years, and a few that last 25-30 or more years.

 

But I'd be willing to be Dodge's graph would be just a flat line. You'd have about a 1/3 that die rather quickly, just as many that last 15-20 years, and another 1/3 that make it to the 25-30 year age. When a particular Dodge truck is reliable, they seem to be rock solid. But there's just as many out there that are basket cases and nothing but trouble.

KARNUT Senior Enthusiast

KARNUT

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Let see GM has the oil burner becouse of the V-4 nonsense in the pre 14 engines. Ram is having lifter and timing chain problems same reason. Ford with turbo V6 problems in thier trucks. Interesting to see in ten years who has the title for long lasting. I'm guessing it depends on how many 1/2 ton deisel Ram sells or Tundra maybe Nisan

Silverado Steve Senior Enthusiast

Silverado Steve

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Definitely a cherry picked stat. Seeing how GM sells 5 times as many Silverados a year compared to the Tundra and Ford 6 times as many F150s, even if half of both GM and Fords were put in the scrapper in 10 years, there would still be more of each still on the road than the Tundra.

Silvern Sentry Enthusiast

Silvern Sentry

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Are we counting the 500,000 2012+ dodge rams that fiat chrysler was forced to buy back last year because of unservicable recalls?

 

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-drive/news/recalls/fca-must-offer-to-buy-back-500000-pickups-due-to-recalls/article25718461

 

When I was shopping in 2015 I did not even look at a dodge because of this reason. GM, Ford and Toyota are the only good trucks. Regardless of Dodges past it is not even close to the same company today.

phabejhmoob Enthusiast

phabejhmoob

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Saw this ad the other day, from the disclaimer they put:

 

Based on IHS Automotive VIO registration data for all brands of GVW 1-3 pickup trucks continuously sold in the US since 1988. Dodge and Ram have the highest overall percentage still on the road.

 

this is horseS***, just because it's registered doesn't mean it still runs.

 

Hypothetical here, suppose there's 2 million chevy sold and from that there's 1 million that is registered, that's 50% of registered ownership..

but if there were only 500,000 toyota's sold but 400,000 were registered that's 80% however, based on the number of "registered" data, Chevy's number is higher but only half the vehicles bought originally are on the road.

 

I know I own a chevy but should've gone with (fill in the blank)..

 

anyways, 1 million miles on this Tundra.

 

http://www.trucktrend.com/features/1602-the-million-mile-2007-toyota-tundra/

LI_James Enthusiast

LI_James

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this is horseS***, just because it's registered doesn't mean it still runs.

 

Hypothetical here, suppose there's 2 million chevy sold and from that there's 1 million that is registered, that's 50% of registered ownership..

but if there were only 500,000 toyota's sold but 400,000 were registered that's 80% however, based on the number of "registered" data, Chevy's number is higher but only half the vehicles bought originally are on the road.

 

I know I own a chevy but should've gone with (fill in the blank)..

 

anyways, 1 million miles on this Tundra.

 

http://www.trucktrend.com/features/1602-the-million-mile-2007-toyota-tundra/

Exactly, they make these claims and skew numbers to fit their agenda.

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