Duramax vs. Cummins- Need some feedback

[Charlie Ford]

I have a '96 Dodge Cummins with 250K on it. Most of it pulling a 50' trailer w/2 cars. It gets 11-13 pulling and over 20 empty. The clutch went @ 200K. It's by far the best vehicle I've ever owned. It doesn't have the EFI so I had the pump worked on and the turbo turned up right after I got it. It wouldn't pull before that. It has all the power I need. I run 70-75 pulling the trailer. That said, I've heard good things about the Duramax. I don't know anybody that has put my kind of miles on one. I do know what my Dodge has done though. I plan to keep right on going with it.

[63corvette]

I have not owned a Duramax but I do have a motorhome with a Cummins.
I can tell you from experience that my Cummins has had no major issues but the small things have been a problem.
Another major issue is that Cummins has NO Procedure For Recall problems.
I had a controls issue and after I was towed to the Cummins shop I was told there was a recall on the parts which were bad. I said I did not receive the recall. I was then told Cummins does not send out recalls they just wait for a failure. Cummins does not have a recall system for owners notifying them of a recall.
So if you have a Cummins engine and it has a recall issue the only way you will know is if you research recalls on a regular basis or have a failure you will never know of it.
I have an issue with that after purchase of their product.
That is really an issue when a formerly recalled part fails after the warranty expires.
The owner then pays for the recalled part and may never know about it.
Been There Done That!!!!!!!!!!!
My 2 Cents

[Chuck Beach]

I have a 2001 Dodge with a Cummins 6 speed, only 50,000 miles and I get over 13 miles to the gallon pulling a 38' gooseneck ... it's not even broke in yet ... excellent truck, great thru the mountains. I get about 20 mpg empty ...