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Have had many different diesels including Cummins over the years. I bought this one off the lot and have been basically disappointed since day one with it. It pulls good when towing something, but the other 95% of the time when not towing it sucks.

1). Seats are horrible
2). Sounds like a Prius, not a Cummins.
3). No fuel cap. (Really!)
4). Double flapper doors on the filler neck. (absolutely stupid)
5). Have to manually shift it down in town or it's in 6th gear doing 40mph! (Huh?)
6). Total sloppy shifts between gears.
7). Throttle response and dead pedal are a joke (dangerous!)
8). Has pulled to the right since new with stock wheels and tires.
9). Shudders from a dead stop taking off.
10). Has a vibration that resonates through the entire truck about every 5-6 seconds rolling down the highway. (wife even ask if the tires were balanced right)
11). $50K for all of this. (ridiculous)
12). What a total disappointment of a truck.
13). It reminds me of a brand new 2008 Harley StreetGlide I bought off the showroom floor. $23K and you had to spend another $5K to make it run right. It disappeared too!
14). Every time I drove it I couldn't wait to get back in my old 2005 Duramax work truck. (that's really sad!)

You guys can have these things. Not sure what you see in them................... I'm going back Duramax and never looking back!
 
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Let us know how that Duramax sounds factory...buddy just got a 2017 Denali 2500 Duramax and it's quieter than my truck
 
buddy just got a 2017 Denali 2500 Duramax and it's quieter than my truck


I find it odd that this even made his list being the Cummins is the loudest of the big 3 (not that that means a single thing)

Like I posted above, first world problems :rolleyes:
 
AO.. The Duramax has a solid History with some problems related to HPCR, the New L5P is Denso platform and is unknown. I take it was the RFE68 Trans in the 2015..Many have complained about its shift characteristics. The Aisin rock Solid.
 
I am sorry that you had such a terrible experience with your 2015 Ram truck. I think you are going to have the same type of experience with a new 2015 and up Chevy/GMC or Ford diesel equipped truck.

Why? There are several items that the truck manufactures must meet in order to sell a vehicle. One, is the sound level emitted by the vehicle. Two, is the diesel engine emission standards and the requirement for DEF injection in to the exhaust system. With this additional apparatus in the exhaust system this will lead to a quitter muffle sound level. Three, fuel economy standards such as the CAFE rules. Four, the average buyer wants a car like ride and shifting of the transmission instead of a HD truck (firm). That is why there are so many 1/2 ton trucks sold to people who want a grocery getter and they are now moving up to the 3/4 & 1 ton truck market.

I see no issue in manually shift the auto 6-speed to 4 or 5th gear, I have down this since day one when I purchased my 2008, Ram 3/4 ton truck with the 68RFE auto. I also have to manually shift my wife's Jetta TDI in to the sport mode or this car to will shift into 6th gear and have no response in city traffic. Or I can go to the manually mode were I can shift the TDI transmission like a manual transmission roll thru the gears.

I believe that the elimination of the fuel cap (can't call it a gas cap since it is diesel fuel truck) is becoming a industry standard. Other manufactures are eliminated the fuel cap also.
 
Wanna bet this guy stays on TDR and continues to rant about how much better his Duramax is?
 
This guy has been confrontational in earlier post! However in Oct 2016 he posted this.

"Upgrade! I have a '15 with 12,000 miles on it and it has been awesome. Best diesel I've ever had for towing, hands down. I am right at about 3,500 miles since refilling DEF and it is just now dipping below the 100% on the gauge. I think the guys that are having any issues at all are the grocery-getter guys. These trucks are not made to run one mile here, two miles there. They are made to be worked, and they need to get all the way up to temp when running. I have so many buddies that buy diesels because they are "cool", and they should really own gassers......."

I say bye bye! If he did not like the seats he most likely had a tradesman.
 
Guy must be in a bad marriage or he is mad at his boy friend all the time. Here is another post he made.

"What a stupid video........... Play with your "gadgets" somewhere else. This is a waste of peoples time."

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It was an SLT.

Never said it wasn't an animal towing. It's a beast. It's just the other 90% of the time. This post is just my experience with many past trucks. I have a right to my opinion just like you all have your opinion about things.
 
Seats? I am assuming you test drove it before buying???

Don't like the shifting? Well did you ever read that many start their trucks and turn on EB and TH???

No fuel cap? That is easily fixed with a stock cap from the Eco Diesel.

Sloppy shifts? Read above.

Bye, Bye

SNOKING, love the quote!
 
If he did not like the seats he most likely had a tradesman.


As a fella that has spent the last 14 years with his arse planted in a 20 year old pickup, I'd say the Tradesman seats are A-OK :D. I suppose it is all relative to what we are used to. Spent 15 years as an iron worker so I've got my fair share of aches and pains too.

I've spent a fair amount of time in a buddies 2012 Silverado and the seats in it are on par with the ones in my Tradesman. It is also one of the lower trim levels which makes it a fair comparison. If the OP is trying to compare an upper trim 05 Dmax to SLT it's not an apples to apples comparison. Adding a better cushion would be an easy enough fix but there's not much point if you don't like the rest​ of the truck around you.
 
The only gripe that's ligit is the shifting and dead pedal, but, come on the 2005 LLY was the biggest turd GM made since the Olds 5.7 diesel hand grenade! :mad:

I couldn't stand the 2005 LLY Duramax. The LLY is the reason I bleed GM orange but own a Dodge. Sure the 2005 had ice cold air due to the extreme overdriven engine fan, and I'll give the OP it had better softer seats that don't require new foam often like my Dodge does. However the overdriven LLY fan couldn't cash the design defects and power check GM wrote making towing in Death Valley a survival situation. (My stock LLY doesn't overheat: you should own a gas engine truck because you sure don't use a diesel for anything then...) Heater on high, windows down, 121 degrees out, and temp gauges all in the red. Ever see washer fluid boil in the bottle under the hood? This was with the better AFE mouthpiece intake as GM's LLY design had a 4 PSI drop in front of the turbo. That's the only reason I made it without a tow. The major FUBAR was blindly demanding x PSI from the inefficient overspeed turbo regardless if the outlet air was 500 degrees making the CAC firebomb the radiator. Closing the exhaust down to spin the turbo up also keeps heat in the engine and works it even harder with high drive pressure. The LLY throttle was completely unmanageable hair trigger sensitive. So you are even on dead pedal vs. hair trigger pedal: both suck. Good luck in low traction situations attempting to control it as GM brought like 98% of the power on early in the pedal movement. Stronger throttle return spring, tune, and really needed a 1/2" extension on the pedal rod to smooth it out.

Case in point a 1993 era Cummins could out tow a 2005 LLY not because of raw power, but, because it keeps moving without overheating. IMO A backwards u-haul on the trailer is no worse than a tall 5th wheel RV.
https://www.turbodieselregister.com/threads/203504-Duramax-Video

I would rather have had my 1993 6.5 TD in Death Valley with it's mods. The 1993, like it did over many trips through there, would have been going just as slow towing WOT as the LLY at 33 MPH, but, the AC would have been on!
 
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Hope your GM experience is better than mine. Every one I have owned has been a POS. Adios and vaya con dios...
 
I guess seats are pretty personal.
I sure read lots of dissatisfaction posts on RAM seats but for me and my back, my '05 1500 Laramie seats are the best I have had. I can drive it for days.
When I shop vehicles, it has to first pass the seat test.

To each his own.
 
I always say "I bought it for the Cummins, not the RAM junk bolted to it."
Although, RAM has done a lot better than Dodge did with my 03.5 :)
 
I readily admit I rise to the bait like a hungry trout, but why you guys feel the need to address a post like this is beyond me.

Amen. If he wants to buy a Chevy then fine, who cares. He can buy whatever makes him happy. I award him no points for his flaming exit rant but again...who cares...not me.
 
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