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<blockquote data-quote="galacticmonkey" data-source="post: 7978313" data-attributes="member: 570857">Everyone talks about reliability like it is a definite. Some trucks may be known for being a POS and last forever, while some trucks that are known for reliability may give you problems.For instance, I bought a 2000 Excursion with the 7.3l Powerstroke. Only had around 82k miles on it when I bought it in August, and now Im around 89k. They are knowing for being bulletproof, but it has been nothing but problems since Ive had it the last few months. Ill just say the amount of stuff that has been fixed and still needs to be fixed is more expensive than a payment on a new car. So far, it has averaged around $1k/mo or more in repairs. Only had it around 4 months and so far the turbo needed to be rebuilt, the vacuum pump broke, the water in fuel light came on meaning that I needed to redo the entire fuel filter system to fix it, the transmission has had problems (and I think the transmission or driveshaft needs a whole lot more work), the window motors have broken (havent fixed it yet), intake needed to be replaced, glow plug relay went bad, one of my shocks is leaking, and a bunch of other stuff I cant even remember.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="galacticmonkey, post: 7978313, member: 570857"] Everyone talks about reliability like it is a definite. Some trucks may be known for being a POS and last forever, while some trucks that are known for reliability may give you problems. For instance, I bought a 2000 Excursion with the 7.3l Powerstroke. Only had around 82k miles on it when I bought it in August, and now Im around 89k. They are knowing for being bulletproof, but it has been nothing but problems since Ive had it the last few months. Ill just say the amount of stuff that has been fixed and still needs to be fixed is more expensive than a payment on a new car. So far, it has averaged around $1k/mo or more in repairs. Only had it around 4 months and so far the turbo needed to be rebuilt, the vacuum pump broke, the water in fuel light came on meaning that I needed to redo the entire fuel filter system to fix it, the transmission has had problems (and I think the transmission or driveshaft needs a whole lot more work), the window motors have broken (havent fixed it yet), intake needed to be replaced, glow plug relay went bad, one of my shocks is leaking, and a bunch of other stuff I cant even remember. [/QUOTE]

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