Truck talk

[jtdumallard]

You beat me to it Vickers. When the banks will loan money on automobiles for 84 months, the auto manufactures will continue to increase prices and continue to post record profits.

[JMCMILLIN]

Haven't posted in a while but her is my two cents -

2011 Ford F-150 4x4 - replaced the engine at 140,000 and had several computer issues

2015 GMC 1500 4x4 6.2 -- transmission issue at 74,000 covered under warranty. Condenser just went out on AC - was told there should have been a recall by local oil change guy who said he has at least two replacements a month cost .... $750

I drive a lot - don't know what the next I will be driving but this thread has some good info

[Duck Engr]

Everyone here is dogging Chevy..why? What problems have yall had with them? I've had several different chevy's I haven't had a 1/2 ton gas in a while so I can't talk to that, but I had an "05 diesel and loved it and now have an '08 diesel and love it.

Just wondering what problems are yall talking about with the Chevy when they "Shat" the bed!!!

'07 Chevy 1500 Classic edition here. 5.3 liter engine. Replaced both front hubs at 90,000 miles.

Put a bolt through a tire one day around 50,000 miles, tried to lower the spare wheel, wouldn't come down. "Secondary latch" is something i'd rather never, ever hear again.

Rattles like heck.

September of last year, with 130,000 miles, developed the dreaded tap from a seized roller on a lifter even after having religiously changed oil and filter every 3,000 miles. Every "tap" was taking shavings out of my camshaft. In the old 5.7 liter days, the lifters were accessible from the top with a good magnet after removing the valve covers. Not anymore. Wound up just putting a new crate motor in it. Wasn't that much more than it would have cost me to have the heads pulled and lifters/camshaft replaced. Hindsight, I wish i had just sold it for scrap and bought a Tundra. Add me to the list of "this will be my last GM vehicle".

On the flipside, my dad has a '99 Chevy 6.0 liter that just turned 270,000 miles after heavy use. It's limping pretty badly now though. Started going downhill around 250k but has been a good truck to us.

As far as fords go, i have a buddy with an '08 Ford that had 3 spark plugs break off in the block when he went to change them. According to him that's a fairly common problem.

Having said all of that, my next truck will be a Tundra.

[Wildfowler]

The ABS front hub wheel bearing thing pizzes me off the most about GM trucks.

My 06 had both replaced twice. My current 12 is rolling on two replacement front hubs.

I've got 255k on my 12 right now. I can't hear so the rattles don't bother me, but I have no idea if my engine is making the lifter rattling noise or not? I hope not because I need to keep rolling on this truck for another year or two if possible.

I just discovered last week that I've been riding around with no spare tire, because my tire spare tire wheel assembly was completely gone from underneath my vehicle. The cable was broken and I have no idea when this occurred. So if anyone found a GM 17" spare tire inch rim with brand-new tire on it somewhere on route between Madison and belzoni it's mine.

[NyssaAquatica]

I've been a Toyota man since 2007, when I bought a new 4 door longbed Tacoma.

130,000 miles, driven across the country 4 times, spent a winter in Tok, Alaska (-30 avg temp).

It still drives well; all I've done with it is change the oil, rotate the tires, and replace a couple of fuses after my idiot cousin attached the wrong leads to the battery when he tried to jump his Z-71. No GPS screen, just a radio, CD player, and 4wd.

I think the mid to late-00s were the last years to get a good truck without the electronic bells and whistles they force on you now.