Attention: TDR Forum Junkies 
I'm a first time Dodge and diesel truck owner. I traded my Toyota Tundra in on an '03 2500HD. I got tired of the bad mileage in the Tundra when towing my travel trailer. No complaints on power just bad mileage.
I love this truck. It's got plenty of power and it's worst mileage is better than the best mileage in the Tundra. My only complaints so far are the design of the doors. The front doors extend past the windshield providing just enough space for snow and ice to accumulate. So, when I open the door, the snow/ice falls in the door as I'm hopping out. There's also an annoying vibration in the gear shift when the engine's under load. I think I've got it narrowed down to the shifter boot and sliding the boot down the shifter seems to make a difference. I'm not 100% that's it yet but I think it is. The roads here Colorado aren't the best around and the truck definitely rides rough over some. I'd like to change the shocks and maybe shackles to soften the ride but we'll have to wait for more money and spousal approval on that one.
I've put over 4600 miles on it in just over three weeks. I can definitely tell a difference in the engine. It revs up easier and doesn't seem as tight. I'm really excited to see what type of mileage I get once the engines broken in.
Something that really bothered me after I bought it was the oil-change interval. Cummins says they increased the interval to 15k (not that I'd go that far but that's double last years' engine, right?). Dodge has reduced the interval listed in the manual to 3750. I think that's half of last year's. I called Cummins and they based the 15k on a larger oil capacity than Dodge is using. I was really banking on not having to change my oil as much as the Toyota especially given that this one takes twice as much oil. Is there anything I can do to modify that interval?
I love this truck. It's got plenty of power and it's worst mileage is better than the best mileage in the Tundra. My only complaints so far are the design of the doors. The front doors extend past the windshield providing just enough space for snow and ice to accumulate. So, when I open the door, the snow/ice falls in the door as I'm hopping out. There's also an annoying vibration in the gear shift when the engine's under load. I think I've got it narrowed down to the shifter boot and sliding the boot down the shifter seems to make a difference. I'm not 100% that's it yet but I think it is. The roads here Colorado aren't the best around and the truck definitely rides rough over some. I'd like to change the shocks and maybe shackles to soften the ride but we'll have to wait for more money and spousal approval on that one.
I've put over 4600 miles on it in just over three weeks. I can definitely tell a difference in the engine. It revs up easier and doesn't seem as tight. I'm really excited to see what type of mileage I get once the engines broken in.
Something that really bothered me after I bought it was the oil-change interval. Cummins says they increased the interval to 15k (not that I'd go that far but that's double last years' engine, right?). Dodge has reduced the interval listed in the manual to 3750. I think that's half of last year's. I called Cummins and they based the 15k on a larger oil capacity than Dodge is using. I was really banking on not having to change my oil as much as the Toyota especially given that this one takes twice as much oil. Is there anything I can do to modify that interval?
