Lemon?

And now you know why that one was for sale. Should've bought the one you were driving since you knew that one was reliable.

 

The way i read your posts is that you had a run off bad luck which was seriously compounded by "technicians" who didn't know what they were doing.
From how i look at it is 2 fold.
Firstly
Most if not all the issues are fixed and working good.
Selling a truck after you fix it is not a smart move.
Granted you have no garantee it will stay good but the same can be said if you buy another secondhand truck.
So i would keep it for now.
Secondly
Was all the work done at the same dealership?
If so.......time to find another place to work on your truck.

 

We own and operate 8 Peterbilt 579s (6 are '16 and 2 are '15 models, all equiped with MX-13 paccar rngine)). We have had nothing but problems out of these trucks from day one. We've had countless problems with aftertreatment, electrical, and transmissions (all the '16s are auto, the '15s are 10 speed). These trucks have been terrible on reliability and have cost us a fortune in lost revenue from down time. Our local Peterbilt dealer's shop has been terrible too. They are incompetent and disorganized (we've switched all of our warranty repairs to the local KW dealer, as they can do all warranty work on all paccar products). We will not be buying Peterbilts ever again.

 

No, Paccar engines have a reputation for electrical problems in the engines emissions system.

 

I am beginning to wonder if there is anything "good" out here to purchase? From people i talk to and read on here mayby detroit is the way to go. Been thinking of another trk to replace mine. But don't want a piece of junk.

 

I honestly believe that the biggest problem with newer trucks isn't the quality off said trucks but the lack off decent places to fix somethings when they break.
The wait times are too long and the quality off work is in a lot off places is too low.

 

Did you have an appointment? Did you give the shop an allowance to complete repairs requested and inform them to proceed with repairs and that they were pre authorized to do so? Why do you feel they do not deserve to be compensated for diagnostic time? Otherwise, the shop probably was just following procedure per state laws and doing there best to provide service to trucks that come in and in the order received.

I'm not saying your wrong.....or that the service location did everything correct........just trying to give you ammo so that your next service experience can be better to give you more up time. Communication is key. Most shops across the country are back logged due to lack of experienced help.