Need feedback on this used truck.

[Tim in Wa.]

Those are good trucks.I have a 03
The auto transmission s are crap though.Allow some money for that

[Mudman]

Good trucks but at 132k its nearing end life for a Dodge auto 48re trans... Also injectors....  Did he run aftermarket fuel filters?  Makes Big dif on life of em.  Either way in this market sounds like a good price point.

[Moose Master]

If your paying cash for the truck I would look at this differently.  Your 19 thousand is darn near a third of the down payment.  Yes tabs and insurance will be more but your starting 0 with mileage and up to 100 thousand miles on the drive train for guarantees.  If you can wait until end of year.  Rates and discounts can help.  I picked up a lease return with 8 thousand miles and saved better 10 grand.  If you have a steady job and decent credit it might be a option.   I'm not a car salesman but try to look long-term.  A 2004 is a 2004 with 134 thousand miles on it, in 5 years what it will still be a 2004 with more miles and who's guess of what repairs you would have to do for it.   By the way the USED market is 20 percent overpriced at a minimum for trucks in my view. I started over in my 40's and started looking at transportation differently.  Just my thoughts.  Good luck in your quest and the upcoming draws.

[buglebuster]

Honestly, good truck but the price seems a little
Steep. You will be putting a transmission and a few grand worth of front end work into it soon if it hasn’t already been done. If you put bigger tires on it that will happen even sooner. I bought basically that same truck but an 06 with 140k for 18k 2.5 years ago from a forum member. It’s a great truck but I replaced the tranny and rebuilt the front end, plus few odds and ends. I’d put that 19k toward a newer rig if I was to do it again.  Best of luck whichever way you decide. They are good trucks

[huntnnw]

I have a 05 that is leveled with 285's on it and had 0 issues with tire wear. Last tires were Toyo A/T with 55k on them. I now have the les schwab version that replaced the toyo and these tires will outlast the Toyo's

my truck is at 288k motor and tranny have been great with 0 issues. Rest of the truck is falling apart, little things constantly breaking from window switches,to pulleys, to door wire harness, low beam headlight issue etc.

Be good at or have the money to replace the front end every 3-4 years if you drive gravel roads alot. Ball joints are a constant issue in these trucks

[Sandberm]

Uh-oh...the naysayers have entered the thread.

So what you guys are sayin' is....the Huntwa vehicle section will keep pace with its once every 3 months "My diesel truck is costing a fortune to keep running" thread?

I think our thread starter will be fine. He says the original owner only pulled a tent trailer so the vehicle probably hasn't seen a lot of off road to ruin that front end. Transmission will be fine because of once again only pulling tent trailer. He also says the only blemish is a dime sized dent in tailgate so it probably hasn't hauled much in the bed.

What are new or lease return diesel trucks going for now?

[jrebel]

Uh-oh...the naysayers have entered the thread.

So what you guys are sayin' is....the Huntwa vehicle section will keep pace with its once every 3 months "My diesel truck is costing a fortune to keep running" thread?

I think our thread starter will be fine. He says the original owner only pulled a tent trailer so the vehicle probably hasn't seen a lot of off road to ruin that front end. Transmission will be fine because of once again only pulling tent trailer. He also says the only blemish is a dime sized dent in tailgate so it probably hasn't hauled much in the bed.

What are new or lease return diesel trucks going for now?

60-80k depending on trim package.

[Sandberm]

I post in this thread...
I ask what does a new/used diesel truck cost...

Now i have two ads on a different window i have opened up trying to sell me slightly used diesel pickups from Chevrolet of Walla Walla...$60,000 for a 2018 1 ton Chevy diesel....didnt catch the asking price on the Ford they had for sale before Goggle figured out i was going to post about their spying tactics here. 

[Taco280AI]

Sorry to thread jack, but I was simply talking about something last week and Instagram suddenly started showing photos of it when my app permissions deny use of my microphone. Technology... 

And I'd buy the truck in OPs position 

[Sandberm]

Kind of on topic, and im not a diesel truck guy or a Dodge truck guy but...

Never forget my farmer friend way back in 1997 telling me how over the winter he spent something like $6,000 to rebuild the front end on his Dodge 1500 gas engine pickup that had under 100,000 miles.

Also, my brothers friend who had to replace the brakes on his late 1990's one ton diesel every 25,000 miles. I seem to remember frequent front end rebuilds also. Why so frequent i asked? Diesel engines are heavy was the response.

[jrebel]

My 06 dodge diesel never had to have the front end rebuilt.   I did replace ball joint 3 time but that isn’t that expensive in the whole scheme of things.  170k miles and never had a major mechanical issue.   The working harness in the doors had to be replaced at the 160k mark.   

Now.....my 2018.....already replaced the fan clutch to the tune of 550 bucks.  Hope that’s it for a while.  It has 50k on it. 

[Special T]

Uh-oh...the naysayers have entered the thread.

So what you guys are sayin' is....the Huntwa vehicle section will keep pace with its once every 3 months "My diesel truck is costing a fortune to keep running" thread?

I think our thread starter will be fine. He says the original owner only pulled a tent trailer so the vehicle probably hasn't seen a lot of off road to ruin that front end. Transmission will be fine because of once again only pulling tent trailer. He also says the only blemish is a dime sized dent in tailgate so it probably hasn't hauled much in the bed.

What are new or lease return diesel trucks going for now?

I'm not sure about the hesitation is about dumping some $ into a used truck is. This rig is in the prime demography. When something goes out all the upgraded fixes are known and not really that expensive.

I'm a stick guy but if I purchased this I would plan on a couple of upgrades.
1 get that pillar with a trans temp possibly the exhaust
2 buy and install a5 inch exhaust kit. If it has a cat.... You know what needs to be done
3 get a secondary remote fuel filter. Use the stock then a spin on 2 micron

depending on how much often you to tow

4 exhaust brake
5 high efficiency tranny cooler.

The new diesel trucks are junk with the emission controls.

[Tim in Wa.]

When you put a bunch of money into an older vehicle there is always a chance of an accident and a totaled truck where you can't recoup your investment. You can mitigate that risk by adjusting your ins. coverage.
 On the other hand new trucks depreciate FAST.You are loosing $ as soon as it goes into your name

[Hunter mike]

I wouldn’t sweat the 48re(auto trans)  too much - I think they mostly have a bad rap from poor maintenance and/or very heavy towing and especially tuners. I would do a few drain and fills of the trans - the atf+4 fluid is pretty cheap. Maybe a shift kit. There’s a few other glitches and serviceable  internals and I think some trans get rebuilt unnecessarily.

I ran my ‘03 from 100k to 200k+ and wish I had kept it. I think 19k is a fair price in this market. I would budget about 2k per year  for maintenance, maybe less if you do your own wrenching. Every wear part is easy to access on this truck. There’s a lot of known faults with the truck, but mostly easily remedied. Front end components can be upgraded. Build it for the long haul as you need to fix things.

Still going to be way cheaper to own then a new truck, but they are getting pretty dated as far as creature comforts and technology go.

[Mudman]

Ther is an 04 and a 04.5.  4.5 has upgrade turbo injectors and also I think it was year ya go from 47re to 48re.  Great trucks, Im a big fan but dont fool yourself, these trans are not very good.  Yes tuners n towing hurt them.  But aint that what a diesel is for?  If its a grocery getter then ya 200k is doable.  Many faults to these trans.  TQ converter, 2nd gear bands, shift fork, and of course the shuttle shift nonsense.  Not junk but if treated well and maintained it isnt long lasting (160k avg.imop) if ya work em.  The 04.5 48re is better.  My last Dodge was a stick shaker and current is Aisin (Toyota) trans for this reason.   Just trying help, its good truck but I being "real".