Im sure theres some of you out there that have clocked 70k 80k 90k heck have blown your factory warrenty out of the water.

Actually im lookin for any info on any probs you ahve had with the 03's Specificlly the HO 6 spd comobs. lookin at one wiht 72k on it and just wanna make sure nothings gonna die on me!

 

See if they will let you take an extended test drive for a couple of days so you can do some real driving. I believe most of the common problems will have occured by now and been corrected. Check the feel of the clutch for sure........

 

U-JOINTS
All of them! I have had all three in the ds replaced, and now I have one in the front squeaking...
check for a shudder in the rear on take off.
My truck was near perfect until I hit 50k From 50-65k it has been miserable, not quite as happy as I was for the first year

 

the shudder in the rear on take-off, does that meen u-joints? I may be experienceing this, i thought it might be the LSD

 

3 u joints and you are miserable?? What are they about 20 bucks each?? Hate to see you when you need brakes.

 

I'd be happy if they were $20. try $130, and it's still a dealer only item(I'm not grinding the yoke)
I'm not happy because I have a shudder on take off while letting clutch out and then again once it's out and start to apply the skinny. And a vibe at highway speed if you put it in N. 3 joints gone and another on the way. foam in driver seat split. harmonic balancer was replaced. a whining noise from the power steering pump when you coast in gear(I think this is because at 2900 miles the ps hose ruptured and I had to drive home with no power steering or brakes) can't stand to run the A/C at anything above 50mph because it's so freaking loud.

I don't tow alot or heavy, haven't gone over 7000# yet. So there really is no excuse for this. When they go, you don't have much warning. I don't want to be stranded, or under the truck along the highway(esp. not around here) replacing a u-joint. I'll be happy when the aftermarket catches up and make a greasable joint.

If the 600s weren't getting such crappy mileage I'd be trading it in.

 

going on 72,000 miles and only problem so far has been a injector pump, i suspect the reason it went bad was that i run the ez box on 4 while pulling heavy loads 13,000-14,000 lbs, 90 % of these miles is pulling while loaded. also still on factory tires. no complaints here.