How reliable are the d16s with the ishift transmission? 2014 780 d16 with 570k miles. When do these engines usually have to be rebuilt? Is it close to the end of its life and going to be a money pit if my father buys it? thanks
Constant sensor issues ..cooling system issues . Harness issues . As an engine it was fine and got pretty decent fuel milage . Parts availability was an issue also along with very pricey to work on .
I have no personal experience but all I've heard is bad. They like to be run very hard or they are even more trouble. I just can't get my head around that being a good option.
Mine got very good fuel mileage if I kept my foot out of it and had lots of power . It had its areas where it really shined but the bad outweighed the good . The other issue was that there were not a lot made so finding a competent dealer to work on it was a headache too. From what I've heard I had one of the better ones . In my area they got such a bad rep Volvo dealers wouldn't even take them on trade and those that did sent them right to the auction.
I’m curious to see maybe in the 7 years they were made better. 07 I believe would be the first year of emissions so there would have Been a lot of issues. he’s looking at Cascadia evolutions with the dd15s or the Volvo’s with d16 possibly the d13 as well.
I think most of the trailers that he will be hauling will be around 45k. He likes this 2014 Volvo he found, but wants to look into the engine reliability more.
Actually mine was an 07 and I had no emission issues with it ...it may have been a early 07 tho .it was a very clean running engine and I ran mobil 1 5w40 in it on 70k drains with filters pulled at 35k . Never used a drop between drains and stayed clean forever . The only mechanical problems I ever had with it was a oil leak at the injector harness and that stupid high pressure cooling system...after that it was always sensor and electrical issues .
