2007 Dodge 6.7

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I am seriously thinking of trading in my previously wrecked 2006 5.9l diesel.....All that is available in my area is the new 6.7 Is there any feedback on this......I see some complaints in various locations about running the motor to long in short trips ect...

Any feedback would help!
 
Best thing I ever bought....I a, just jaded now since II have taken the truck back 3 times for repairs related to wreck....Even though I used a Allstate reccomended repair shop I see they are tiring of looking at the truck.

I guess the ole girl is going to go away...NEVER thought I would sell a truck with under 11k miles on it!
 
Is Allstate your insurance company, or are they the company of the party that hit you?

If the Allstate recommended repair shop isn't competent enough to get your truck repaired to your satisfaction, I'd start with a phone call to the Allstate agent or adjuster, and start turning up the heat on the repair shop. Document what you are unhappy about to the folks at Allstate. If the agent or adjuster can't get anything done, then start going up the chain of command.

I went through this when my car was in a Ford dealership's bodyshop for just $3,500 in damage. After having my car for over *four* weeks (and the car still wasn't anywhere near complete), the insurance company told the dealership body shop that they were done working on it.

My car then went to a second body shop that works closely with the insurance company on special cases like mine. The manager of the body shop oversaw the progress on my car personally, and I was able to talk to him directly. They dismantled all of the incredibly shoddy repair work that had been performed by the Ford dealership, repaired and repainted everything correctly, and then put it back together as if it were new. The second body shop made sure everything was completed to my satisfaction, in a timely and professional manner.

There is hope for your trusty truck. However, it will require some persuasive effort on your behalf.
 
unfortunately, IMO vehicles are never the same after being hit. Cosmetically, perhaps... but I dont trust it for the long-term. I hope the 'wreck' on your 5.9 was just cosmetic and didnt do much of anything to any critical system - that yields the most hope.

Insurance companies are a bunch of idiots that could care less about helping you, despite paying a "premium". Your opposng insurance company will surely have a team of lawyers standing by to try and bleed you dry money wise, so it is not in your financial interest to get anything more than what they want to pay to you.

Its a lot of pain and hassle, as the lawyers' monopoly has created a system that is truly not accessible to the common person. Its really a shame...

Good luck.

JMH
 
For starters...

1. Allstate is my insurance company, I let them choose a authorized shop since they would be liable for all issues relating to truck. $18000 dollars later in repairs, not to count the $2466.32 they owe me for out of pocket I get the 'duh' stare (same one my kids give me' from the body shop when I say I hear a pop like a ball joint.

2. I have one ace in the hole, I holdthe entire check in my grubby hands, well my safe does and I informed them I would not settle until "EVERYTHING' is fixed to my satisfaction. Bad thing is I could use the $2400 dolars for bills.

3. I tried to trade my truck in today due the violated feeling I have since the wreck and what JHZR@ states...they are NEVER the same again....Well low and behold I have an attachment now that drops my truck to the 'Fair' grading of wholesale! $4k less than it should be... Ain't giving away a truck with under 11k miles that I owe $28k on for $24k

So drive it until it 'blows', 'burns', 'dies' or mysteriously dissappears into a vacant field with 5 galloons of the finest Shell fuel cash will buy!

And NO I DO NOT FEEL BETTER..but the drinking has started, maybe later :)
 
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