I had a 2001 and loved it! But the electronics were a weak point. The power seat quit moving, a power window quit working. Everything rotted away under neath by 2015, but thats more an issue with New York state salt on the roads. I thought the engine and tranny would last forever. I would have bought a new one in 2017 if I could have afforded it.
Yep. We got the salt! If you keep the vehicles washed, and touch up all paint chips ASAP, it's not so bad. But my '93 already had the crud when we got it 14 years ago. Time for the scrapper.
I’ve owned several and driven many of the 2001 to 2007 hd2500 6.0 trucks when they were fairly new and the company I work for had a whole fleet of them from the time they were new up to a few years ago when they were finally wore out from daily beatings on road and construction sites. Most of these trucks were in the 200,000 plus mileage before they had any problems at all . The most common problem they had was the dash board . The speedometer and or other gauges would act up or quit working but the the rest of the truck was as reliable as they come . Most of them would have ran longer if the bodies would have held up . Very good trucks if maintained. I had a 2004 hd2500 leased to that same company from 04 to 10 that regularly weighed in over 8,000 pounds with tools and a fuel tank that was on a job site every day it’s first 6 years of life and all I did was keep it serviced regularly. It never needed anything except a hydraulic brake booster replaced once in 140,000 miles . They only bad thing I can think of that they were known for was the earlier ones up to around 2005 had a tendency to break off exhaust manifold bolts . Not a huge deal but it could cause you problems with the head manifold surface if you pull them hard with the broken bolts not fixed .
