MeekoDiesel
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There has been a lot of talk the last few years about modern diesels not being reliable due to all the emissions equipment to keep the EPA / environment happy. Trying to see what sort of miles people can get out of modern diesels I did a quick search on Autotrader yesterday. In the search I was interested in 2007 and newer diesels (since that is when all the EGR / DPF / SCR equipment started to be added). I searched Ford F250/350, Chevy & GMC 2500/3500, and Dodge/Ram 2500/3500s from 2007 to 2020 nationwide. This is what I found....
200k+ miles : > 100 trucks
300k+ miles : 38 trucks
400k+ miles : 13 trucks
600k+ miles : 2 trucks
One interesting thing is that the majority of the trucks were 2014 and newer, so a LOT of miles being racked up very quickly. While I have no way to tell from the postings what work has been done to each of the trucks I wouldn't expect customers, especially those using for commercial purposes, to rack up several hundred thousand miles if the trucks were constant trouble.
Yes the maintenance in the long run is gonna be more expensive (fuel, DEF, oil changes etc.) but diesel engines are engineered to a much higher / beefier standard than their gas equivalent. Seems like diesel is still the way to go if you want to rack up big miles, especially if you stay on top of the maintenance.
200k+ miles : > 100 trucks
300k+ miles : 38 trucks
400k+ miles : 13 trucks
600k+ miles : 2 trucks
One interesting thing is that the majority of the trucks were 2014 and newer, so a LOT of miles being racked up very quickly. While I have no way to tell from the postings what work has been done to each of the trucks I wouldn't expect customers, especially those using for commercial purposes, to rack up several hundred thousand miles if the trucks were constant trouble.
Yes the maintenance in the long run is gonna be more expensive (fuel, DEF, oil changes etc.) but diesel engines are engineered to a much higher / beefier standard than their gas equivalent. Seems like diesel is still the way to go if you want to rack up big miles, especially if you stay on top of the maintenance.
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