When is it time to buy another truck? So I have a 2014 Freightliner Cascadia with a DD15 engine and about 850k miles. The Freightliner dealer is saying it needs a new One-Box, which will total about $16,000 with parts, labor, and taxes. I should also add that I have other repair charges that the dealer has already done and that will bring the “grand total” to roughly $20,000. Yup, one hell of a bad news for me.
Anyway, I don’t know if I want to keep throwing money at this truck when my current truck value is likely around 20k (if not lower due to the coronavirus). Your thoughts and advice?
$16,000 Repair or New Truck?
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Usually people just get rid off that box. Why are u doing your repairs at the dealer btw? Once your truck or car is out of the warranty, you don't go to dealer anymore
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Anyway, I vote to get something new. Your truck is just starting to fall apart at that mileage. My buddy got rid of his 2013 Cascadia with 870k miles after spending $6500 on fuel pump, he also said engine most likely will fail just before one mil. He bought a fully rebuilt 99 Volvo with Detroit for $42k
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Well there's two reasons you'd need a completely new one box, is the check engine light on because of one of those two reasons?
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3609, FMI 4). I tried solving it and with the help of an online mechanic, yet I wasn’t able to. The dealer mechanic went through something similar to what I went through, replacing parts and the problem still being there. They even replaced two harnesses, yet it did not solve the problem. -
Best to have a trustworthy independent diesel shop that knows all makes. You can get a used one box much cheaper than the dealer price. Sounds like you're in kinda deep already. First see if your one box truly can be cleaned/saved.
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