There have been minor problems such as trim pieces coming loose around the front bumper, blown bearings in the U-joint, and a broken steering stabilizer. Most of these have been covered on the warranty. There have been no expensive repairs to date.
This is a beast of a truck. It can pull anything and looks great doing it. With 4WD and 4:10 gears you can go just about anywhere.
The diesel engine is awesome. It is a Cummins diesel which are also put into semi trucks. They can go 350,000 miles before the first overhaul is needed. They are also solid steel unlike the Powerstroke from Ford or the Duramax diesel Chevy offers. Those both use aluminum heads which can warp over time. The are also larger displacement and V8 configurations which gives them around 60% more moving parts that the Cummins I6 engine. Only downside is that is is a loud engine, but you get used to it quickly.
My truck has the SLT Laramie package which comes loaded with every imaginably option. The 6 way power seats are great for long trips and so is the premium sound system. The truck also has a "quad cab" which features four doors and seating for six.
Gas mileage is between 18 and 25 on the high way and could be better with a manual transmission and 3:55 gears. That is quite admirable considering a gas V8 or V10 has much less torque and would be getting half the mileage.
This is a great truck if you need to pull heavy loads or carry a ton of stuff around. The whole truck is very well thought out. The only things I dislike are that diesel pollutes more toxins than gas and that it smells more. The truck is also fairly loud like I stated before. All in all it is an excellent heavy duty pickup.
Hi there. I would just like to inform you that the pollution you mentioned earlier is in fact incorrect. Although diesels produce much more visible pollution than do gasoline engines, the visible pollution is only incompletely burned fuel. Other than that, there are very few emissions that diesels produce.
Proof of this is when internal-combustion powered submarines were first introduced. The gasoline engine was only used once, afterward a diesel engine was used to power them because of it's lack of harmful emissions and it's versatility in fuel use. They may stink, but I think that it's worth it to have little to no toxic emissions and to be able to run on cooking oil, kerosene, jet fuel, diesel, bio-diesel, and a host of other alternative fuels that could be (hint-hint) GROWN!
"They are also solid steel unlike the Powerstroke from Ford or the Duramax diesel Chevy offers. Those both use aluminum heads which can warp over time."
Powerstroke uses an iron block and head construction just like the Cummins...
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