GM V8s failing

[v8440]

If you want a gm v8 without the dod lifter problems you have to step up to a 3/4 ton. The 6.6 liter L8T engine lacks dod entirely.

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[Korazu]

I've always been a GM person, but with all their issues lately (valve/lifter issue and fuel pump power control module), and what seemed to be a better cost to functionality deal, I went with ford.

I had a '15 5.3 Silverado that had the lifter issue at 15K miles. Got it fixed and ended up trading it for a '17 5.3 Silverado that I had for 5 years and 60K miles with a 5" lift with no issues. Just decided to downsize was the only reason I got rid of it. Fast-forward 2 years and I missed having a truck and needing one more than a midsize SUV. This put me looking at all the brands and picked an F-150 over the rest.

2015 - leveled:

2017 - RC 5" suspension lift:

2024 - Eibach Pro 2R leveled:

 

[Tinman1227]

The largest shareholder of GM is Vanguard. Second is Blackrock. Yay.

Forgive me for not chanting U-S-A!

No one’s asking you to chant anything

 

[crazywayne311]

I'm not a GM fan at all so this really makes me chuckle to no end...
I mean, its all over reddit when i'm browsing and bored. the 6.2 is on NATIONAL BACKORDER!
Customers are being told they have no idea when they'll get engines and that they have multiple vehicles in front of theirs.

If i did own a GM and wasnt having issues yet, I'd be at Ford/Ram/Carmax yesterday!

 

[dochawk]

Not forced necessarily but certainly compelled to use the weight stamped on the oil cap for warranty purposes.

I think the last vehicle I owned that didn't list at least two weights other than the weight on the cap was built in the early 70s . . .

The largest shareholder of GM is Vanguard.

So workers' 401k plans and IRAs.

Vanguard doesn't "own" anything in its own right. It is owned by the holders of its funds. (whereas Fidelity is privately owned).

 

[Larrymoe]

I think the last vehicle I owned that didn't list at least two weights other than the weight on the cap was built in the early 70s . . .



So workers' 401k plans and IRAs.

Vanguard doesn't "own" anything in its own right. It is owned by the holders of its funds. (whereas Fidelity is privately owned).

And they just got fine 106 million for mismanaging that money.

 

[dochawk]

And they just got fine 106 million for mismanaging that money.

which will necessarily be passed on to the fund owners, as vanguard has no capital of its own.

[I'm really not sure what vanguard was supposed to have done there (as opposed to what they did). They've always had two classes of shares, one for significantly larger investors, which paid a slightly lower fee for management. They lowered the minimum for the higher class, which caused many to sell the lower class shares to buy it, which created capital gains for those who still owned it. I thought of doing in kind transfers, but it's two separate transactions. Maybe they could have had a "swap class" option, but I'm not sure that complies with securities law.]

 

[SWONT2.7]

A couple of my friends who are mechanics say all of the new trucks are shit, the Ford being the least shittiest. I bleed blue so you'd never find me in a GM or Dodge showroom. GM and Dodge have been junk since about the late 1960's, of course all IMO. That said I absolutley love my 2023 F150 and loved my 2009 F150 that I owned for 15 years with no issues.

 

[Captain Dirty Beard]

GM and Dodge have been junk

I'd hardly group a 2005-2006 Dodge RAM with a 5.9 24 valve Cummins in the "Junk" category. Especially the manual transmission versions.

 

[v8440]

In terms of longevity I'll put a '94-98 12v cummins-powered dodge up against anything ford or gm has made as well as against any other version of cummins put in a dodge or ram truck. Especially, as you said, a manual version.

 

[Snakebitten]

Yeah yeah yeah.
My dads 460 Ford was dead reliable.
So was my oldest brother's 300 straight 6 F150

At the time, they were very proud of them and so I naturally was too.

Points and distributors. Flooded carburetors. 8mpg.
Flat tires were common. Seats were covered planks. Window cranks. Air conditioners that blew cooler air than the Texas summer heat, if it was blowing on your face. Not to mention wiping windshield on the inside on a chilly morning.

Admittedly, you could absolutely keep them running yourself with a basic toolbox.

But if folks would still actually buy stripped barebone featureless trucks, don't you think someone would make them? What percentage of F150's that aren't sold to fleets are XL?
And how many threads with complaints that you can't get Lariat trim and features in a single cab?

I'm all for the cherished memories.
They are what makes life rich.

But the purchasing public wants the latest halo smartphone. The fanciest Big Screen. And vehicles with Carplay piped through 3000 watts and 15 speakers.

I love my mostly analog 2005 Porsche. I have it "kept" like treasure in the barn. It's only 20 years old and if Porsche built cars that basic today, I bet they'd lose on it like it was an EV. ???

 

[m_bt54]

Sad day but just sold my 2018 GMC Premium plus due to a failing transmission. The thing was a beast but I feel like I played my cards right with it and my eventual powerboost upgrade

 

[v8440]

I don't know whether you were responding to me in particular or the thread in general, but I was talking pure mechanical longevity. The ability to literally go a million miles on an unrebuilt engine and trans with the original fuel injectors still in service, NOTHING else in a pickup truck from a factory will stand up to a 12v cummins with an nv 4500 transmission behind it. That's my opinion, I haven't proved it statistically.

 

[JExpedition07]

Ford 6.2L Boss is up there, many half a million mile examples and that’s a modern gasser. They simply don’t break.

Owner of the marina I keep my boat at bought his F-350 in 2011 with 6.2L. He just ticked 420,000 miles on the original motor and trams with TONS of towing.

 

[Larrymoe]

But if folks would still actually buy stripped barebone featureless trucks, don't you think someone would make them? What percentage of F150's that aren't sold to fleets are XL?

I did my part.

There's interest there. My truck drew the most interest of any truck on the lot of my dealership the month it sat there waiting to get repainted.

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