I am sure there have been failures but they are in all brands. Anyway you put it there has not been one glaring deficiency in the TorqShift tranny.
I disagree. The fact that it has only 5 speeds working at one time and no manual shift feature meakes it "deficient" compared to the competition.
Also look at the 6 speed Ally closely and you will find there has been a rash of leaks. My neighbor just went through this with his 2007 3500 Classic, 4x4 Crew Cab Long Bed just like yours Duane. The problem is fittings on the tranny and cooler hoses. His truck is just shy of 30,000 miles. Its a easy fix that was covered under warranty. Such a problem they did not have to order the parts, they keep them in stock at our local dealer. I was not going to bring it up but since you continue to brag up the Ally but I did.
Yep. Mine was done at the dealer. It's a connection on the cooler hose. Not really a reflection of the transmission itself. New trucks come with the connection fixed.
It is still a great transmission, I will never say it is not. I also like the Dmax engine and will not take a thing away from them either although the pre 05's were not easy to service seeing you had to remove the valve covers and a bunch of other stuff to fix the injector problems. That's why I dubbed mine DuraJunk! All in all Isuzu builds a good engine.
And the 6L? Has that proven to be reliable? It cost more in warranty repairs than all other warranty repair issues in ford history.
When I knock GM its not the engines or drive line, they are very good all in all. Its the chassis and interiors that really lack in my eyes.
Chris
When I shopped for trucks, I was all set on buying a 450 4x4 crewcab (because Ford's 350 couldn't compare to a GM 3500, the 6L was junk, the Torqslip couldn't compare to the ally and the Ford rear was lame). Anyway, I felt just the opposite about the interiors. I thought the GM interior had nicer seats, proportional gaugues instead of idiot gauges and a nicer rear seat folding system. The cab was quieter inside.
The only thing Ford had going for it was higher GVWRs.
Not enough for Ford to keep me as a customer.
30,000 miles on my GMC and I have no regrets. That's after owning 12 Ford diesel trucks, 1 GMC and 2 Ford medium duties.
You're getting way off topic again, Chris.