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Your not going to get a towing or service truck from Dodge, Ford, or GM as a loaner. They would have to keep a giant fleet of trucks on hand just for this purpose, and that's not going to happen. Your best bet is to find a truck that has the least problems to keep you out of the service shop...

Well, as the district manager said, "there is something exceptionally wrong with your truck if we haven't fixed it by now. " I also found out today that the truck is being sent to Michigan. He offered a truck swap and I agreed to an identical truck because I believe it was a fluke. I think he...

Just click on my name and slide your cursor down to where it says "find more posts by Gboatright". This will bring up a list of my previous postings. Start at the very bottom and go up. Yes, this patriot blue is very pretty.

Thanks guys, I'm very happy right now. My previous truck was black with silver around the bottom, this new one is patriot blue with silver around the bottom. I got the truck from the same dealer and its vin # is only 1 digit off from my previous vin. At first, my dealer refused to let me have...

Finally, after 2 months of trying to fix my oil leak, the district manager authorized me a new truck and I drove it home this morning. It was basically a MSRP to MSRP swap and they paid me for the gooseneck hitch that I couldn't remove. Thanks DC for doing the right thing for me and hopefully...

As of today, make that two injectors on my truck that are bad. They said they got my truck back together and it still ran bad. Another injector on order now. Boy, this new Cummin's has been a great experience, although I'm fully aware mine is a major fluke.

Along with my constant oil leak problem, last week while leaving the dealership after they looked at the leaking dye, I got about 1 mile from the dealership and my truck bucked and I lost power. I limped back to the dealership at 30 mph and tech said I lost #1 injector. So my truck is an 05 and...

Just got back from dealer, and DC rep looked at the engine and said he couldn't quite tell for sure where the oil was coming from where the block meets the head or higher because there was oil all over. So he said to degrease the oil off and clean the motor so I could bring it in tomorrow and if...

Quick update, dealer just called and some DC reps want to see the truck today at 1:00. I'll let ya'll know later what they say.

My truck is leaking where the head meets the block at the very back of the motor, just left(driver's side) of center. My dealer has done a great job except for the first trip in where they told me it was normal blowby. They said Star makes them start small before they can order the big stuff...

Okay, 1. dealer says normal blowby 2. replace rocker cover seal 3. replace rocker cover 4. replace head 5. replace head gaskets again 6. sat in shop wed thru fri while star and district manager figures out what to do next because it's still leaking around where the head meets the block...

Update: Still Leaking!!!! Well, I thought my truck was fixed, but after 2 days of driving around I looked under the truck Thursday and the bellhousing was soaked with oil again. :{ I can't believe it and neither can the service manager. He asked to look at it real quick on Thurs afternoon and...

I got my truck back Monday night and drove it all day Tuesday. It seems to be running like new(it is new) and I haven't sprung a leak. The service manager did say they had the truck up and running on Saturday, but wanted to drive around on Monday to verify the leaks were fixed. Hopefully, my...

The dealer told me again I wouldn't get my truck until Monday. I didn't want to really rush them on the job because I want it done right. I just didn't want them to blow off the work until Monday if they didn't have to. I could have really done some hauling this weekend, but I'll just have to...

I didn't think of the head studs, it's probably to late now, but that would have been a good idea.