Had way too many with minor things that were piggy backed. Had a Pete one time that the headliner fell down going down the road the first trip. Driver did a good job of keeping it on the road. Warranty starts with the time/miles when you get it. The dealers i've used track them pretty good. The one you described, that problem would be noted and covered.
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Kenworth came through for me! With a T680 ordered in the first week of June, and followed by (only, let's be realistic) a 6% price increase in September.
This dry van hauler doesn't have a lot of bling items on it, but hopefully it will be a solid workhorse with a hi-roof sleeper, good Michelin rubber, some working oriented options like a Holland 5th wheel, upgraded air dryer, an Endurant 12 speed automatic transmission, level 1 Alcoa wheels, desk and tv mount package, and a full 5 year/500k mile extended warranty on the engine, the chassis, and the after treatment system (for an extra $11k). Total cost - with FET - was $170,000. And I'll tell you what, I feel darn lucky to get it. The engine is a 450 horse Paccar MX-13, and I'm not ashamed of making this choice. Yes the service network will be smaller than with a Cummins, but it looks to me like Paccar has largely solved it's earlier problems with DPF reliability. And this engine will hopefully beat the Cummins X-15 in the fuel sipping department. However if you want to talk unreliability, frankly, I don't know why so many O/O's are willing to slam Paccar, but then look the other way when it comes to the disastrous (previous generation) Cummins ISX-15.
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Very very nice truck and I’m happy for you.
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