NYSUPstater
Well-known member
This is about my semi work truck, but thought I'd pass on. Truck is a '16 Freightliner Cascadia w/ DDT 13 (Detroit Diesel) w/ 4000,000 miles. Couple weeks ago, both engine lights and shut down lite all came on 5 miles after leaving the yard. Ended up getting towed to dealer. Ends up they say it needs all 6 inj to be replaced despite just 2 "supposedly" that are bad. Bosch makes the inj who also said to replace all 6. We've always just replaced the "bad" ones in the past, but they were on Cummins' motors, so haven't a clue as to why 6. Each inj costs $750.00 EACH !!!!!! YOWZA YOWZA YOWZA. Plus, guess when the inj went, they run more fuel thru the system thus contaminating the DEF filters to the tune of $3,000.00!!! So dealer quoted company 10 grand to get it fixed. Shop boss thought he was being taken to the cleaners, so he called a couple sister divisions to see what they do and they told him they get all 6 replaced as well as the DEF filters (which have a $1,000.00 core, so net cost is 2 grand). Long story short, after a few more calls and some higher ups getting involved, total cost got reduced by a few G's.
When I was told of all this, my jaw dropped as I never thought an inj would be sooooooo much $$$$$$. Sad part is, our division has all but probly 6 out of 65 trucks that are not Detroits. Corporate wide, pretty much everything is a Detroit's. We are not alone as a LOT of companies that have Freightliner's have Detroit's. Many say the trucks are junk, but IMO,I think overall they are decent trucks, but just like pick-ups, the DEF side of things is what's killing them or what causes most engine lites to come on. As for why my injectors went, who knows?
Makes you kinda question wether or not to buy a diesel pick-up in the 1st place, keep trading in every 3-5 years to stay within warranty or see if ext warranty covers inj and such. OR we all need to play the Powerball lottery! LOL
When I was told of all this, my jaw dropped as I never thought an inj would be sooooooo much $$$$$$. Sad part is, our division has all but probly 6 out of 65 trucks that are not Detroits. Corporate wide, pretty much everything is a Detroit's. We are not alone as a LOT of companies that have Freightliner's have Detroit's. Many say the trucks are junk, but IMO,I think overall they are decent trucks, but just like pick-ups, the DEF side of things is what's killing them or what causes most engine lites to come on. As for why my injectors went, who knows?
Makes you kinda question wether or not to buy a diesel pick-up in the 1st place, keep trading in every 3-5 years to stay within warranty or see if ext warranty covers inj and such. OR we all need to play the Powerball lottery! LOL