Problems in the 3 brand diesels

[Kissfan113]

I am trying to help my uncle get a good diesel engine and automatic transmission combination in his next truck. I have been pushing cummins and dodge hard, but i want to give him the reasons i am doing so, also i want him to see the problems each brand is having as well.

I am looking for problems in the newer dodge, chevy and ford trucks, possibly as far back as 2000. Please help me out with this. He is looking hard at chevy because of the Allison transmission, I have also seen where the dodge auto hasn't proven all that durable, am i mistaken. I am looking for info on purely stock trucks, at most mildly modified.

All help is greatly appreciated

Thanks

Kevin

 

[Tony T.]

Well if your uncle is anything like mine when I first bought my Dodge well good luck. I thought he (my uncle) was going to dis-own me because I bought a Dodge. He had a couple back in the late 60's and 70's that gave him nothing but headaches. When he found out it had a Cummins on board his tune changed (he use to do a lot of over the road trucking) so he's familiar with the Cummins engine and really likes it.



When I was shopping around for a diesel truck I ask several people there reviews on the Cummins,Powerstoke,and Duramax. It always seemed the Cummins most always came out on top. Even the ones that had the Powerstokes and Duramaxs all commented that the Cummins engine was a good engine.



My mechanic friend I ask him about the Powerstrokes and he said if you buy one buy a new one and plan on trading it off before 100K, he started naming all these different parts I would probably be replacing by then. I ask about the Duramax and at the time they had only been out a couple of years and he commented he thought they were ok but didn't comment to much about the engine at the time. I said Cummins and he said a good proven engine and if he was buying for himself it would be a Dodge/Cummins, he drives Chevy gassers himself.



So far I have owned my Dodge/Cummins almost three years and have had really one major problem, which is #2 injector replacement, but that can happen with any of the big three. I just feel out of the three Dodge,Chevy,Ford that the Cummins engine is the strongest and most reliable.



So far the Dodge part of the truck has not let me down either, I had lot less rattles,squeaks,etc than the 95 Chevy Z71 I bought new in 95. Also that 95 truck the trans went out at 27K with no warning, and hardly any tow time at all.



They are all mechanical and will break down at times some just a little to often.



Tony

 

[TRCM]

They all have issues..... but the main one I have heard of is the dodge auto trans.



but ask him this... . which would he rather replace..... the trans at 3 grand, or the engine at 6+ grand ??



Now, if you could get the allison trans behind the cummins engine... ... .

 

[amsoilman]

I am trying to help my uncle get a good diesel engine and automatic transmission combination in his next truck. I have been pushing cummins and dodge hard, but i want to give him the reasons i am doing so, also i want him to see the problems each brand is having as well.

I am looking for problems in the newer dodge, chevy and ford trucks, possibly as far back as 2000. Please help me out with this. He is looking hard at chevy because of the Allison transmission, I have also seen where the dodge auto hasn't proven all that durable, am i mistaken. I am looking for info on purely stock trucks, at most mildly modified.

All help is greatly appreciated

Thanks

Kevin

All the Diesel pickups are good, some are better in certain areas than others! As too the Dodge automatics, they are very good IF you leave the engine stock! I put over 100K on a 94 without any transmission problems, then at 130,000 the overdrive housing broke and caused problems. I have a good friend who has a 94, and he got over 200,000 without any transmission problems.



The newer 48Re transmissions are much better. Once you start increasing power in the engine, you will have problems with ANY of them!



In my opinion, I would NEVER want a V-8 configured Diesel, as they are extremely hard to work on, and I do most of my own work! Just tell your friend to look under the hoods of all three trucks!



Wayne

amsoilman

 

[richardcoxid]

I currantly have 180,000 mi on my stock '98. Haven't had any trouble with the auto transmission. See sig.

 

[DieselRam30]

I have heard that the 6. 0 Fords have had oil leakage problems from the front of the engine and that some Chevys have had problems with their injectors. The Allison is great, but if you want a lot of power, that transmission is going to have to be modified as well. They could go into limp home mode with a simple fueling box.