Dd15 desission help?

Well, to help you with your DECISION on whether to buy one, some people have had good luck with them, some have not. Our entire fleet uses the DD15 with either that tranny or the Eaton 10. We get the newer trucks in the shop for every reason imaginable except the tranny or engines usually.

I think its a good motor and tranny but with 500k thats when Ozark trades them in.

 

Probably the DD15 is better beat since more places can work on them Detroit has their own shops. 496,000 it will need repairs soon, that probably why they selling it. DPF will need to cleaned that like $1,000 I think. The big one would be the clutch on D12 transmission. I would think it due to be replaced and I bet that very expensive. I think Volvo i-shift it's like $4,000. So it probably around that price. The truck was probably make in early 15 but called 2016. To have that many miles on it already

 

I had a 2011 DD15 with 500,000 I got used it was a disaster it had warranty on engine to 600,000 Detroit and Freightliner did so much warranty work it was crazy. That was a 2011 truck. I'm driving a company truck now 2017 with DD13 and DT12 transmission no big problems yet but it only at 156,000.

 

I've been sitting 5 days with my t680 paccar mx13 .. the few shops that had time could only work on the cummin version .. scr derate to 5 mph .. I love the truck but getting service that requires hooking up to ecm is a waiting list everywhere it seems

 

Update. A simple open wire that took a hr to diagnose and fix at a Pete dealership that could read engine ecm .. unless paccar starts giving outside shops the ability to read ecm I suspect it will be the last paccar truck for me .. a t680 with the x15 isn't out of the question though since the truck itself is great

 

With that mileage on a 2 year old truck I would have no fear, you can't pile up those miles in that time frame if you're sitting in the shop with emissions issues or having the drive train beaten out of it by a throttle jockey.

I always buy 2 year old trucks and I always look for the high mileage ones, I have never seen someone buy a modern emission motor with unusually low mileage for the year model who was not sorry they did.

If you research all the major engine brands you will find that it is nearly impossible to find a consensus on which is more reliable regarding the emissions system, people swear by and condemn them all equally; it really is a hit and miss proposition so looking at the odometer is one very reliable way to determine if the truck you're buying is one which regens and sprays DEF like it is designed to or whether it keeps going to the shop where clueless dealers scratch their head and switch parts.