Duramax vs. Cummins- Need some feedback

Rob Petrie E395 · 12-19-2008, 10:15 AM

My father has a cummins in his it now has over 300K on it and other than adjusting valves as recomended and other regular maint it has given us very few problems, the worst being getting Ball Joints to last. This a farm truck that spends alot of its time loaded with a large cattle trailer behind it and it still went 250K before it got its first clutch. It has started leaking oil from the front cover area which is no big deal considering the milage and would be no problem to fix if I could just get him to let me have it for a day or 2. I am not a Dodge fan and cringed when he said that is what he wanted, but this has been one tuff truck. We also have a gas powered GM that I pull my car with and another with a Duramax. I am a die hard GM fan and I can say I HATE this Duramax truck. It spends more time at the dealer getting more BS problems fixed under warranty than it does here. It was originally bought to pull my GN car trailer and for pulling the cattle trailer when he goes to shows and sales but with all that has gone on with it we dont use it for that very much. When we first got it we had nothing but problems with fuel filters and check engine lights seems to be better now that I switched it over from a GM filter to a Napa 3910 but still needs replacement faster than any diesel I see and we see a ton of them in my shop since this is farm country and everybody seems to own at least one truck. The blower motor burns up a resistor pack and the connector going into it about every 6 months no big deal to fix but GM needs to get off thier buts and find a real fix and not just keep on replacing it with the same parts. The cabin air filter has to be changed real often or smells like a garbage dump inside in the summer. There is more but I think you get the idea. Has it had any major problems no, does it pull like a freight train yes, does it drive like a car yes. With the exception of the filters and the blower I am starting to believe I just had bad luck with this truck as like I wrote earlier I see a ton of them and nobody else seems to have as many problems with thiers. Now if you want to hear about some real problems as me about a Ford some of those owners have a real problem on their hands.
Hope this helps
Rob

12-19-2008, 10:15 AM	#3
Rob Petrie E395 VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Woodlawn IL Posts: 1,092 Likes: 162 Liked 216 Times in 77 Posts	Re: Duramax vs. Cummins- Need some feedback My father has a cummins in his it now has over 300K on it and other than adjusting valves as recomended and other regular maint it has given us very few problems, the worst being getting Ball Joints to last. This a farm truck that spends alot of its time loaded with a large cattle trailer behind it and it still went 250K before it got its first clutch. It has started leaking oil from the front cover area which is no big deal considering the milage and would be no problem to fix if I could just get him to let me have it for a day or 2. I am not a Dodge fan and cringed when he said that is what he wanted, but this has been one tuff truck. We also have a gas powered GM that I pull my car with and another with a Duramax. I am a die hard GM fan and I can say I HATE this Duramax truck. It spends more time at the dealer getting more BS problems fixed under warranty than it does here. It was originally bought to pull my GN car trailer and for pulling the cattle trailer when he goes to shows and sales but with all that has gone on with it we dont use it for that very much. When we first got it we had nothing but problems with fuel filters and check engine lights seems to be better now that I switched it over from a GM filter to a Napa 3910 but still needs replacement faster than any diesel I see and we see a ton of them in my shop since this is farm country and everybody seems to own at least one truck. The blower motor burns up a resistor pack and the connector going into it about every 6 months no big deal to fix but GM needs to get off thier buts and find a real fix and not just keep on replacing it with the same parts. The cabin air filter has to be changed real often or smells like a garbage dump inside in the summer. There is more but I think you get the idea. Has it had any major problems no, does it pull like a freight train yes, does it drive like a car yes. With the exception of the filters and the blower I am starting to believe I just had bad luck with this truck as like I wrote earlier I see a ton of them and nobody else seems to have as many problems with thiers. Now if you want to hear about some real problems as me about a Ford some of those owners have a real problem on their hands. Hope this helps Rob