I delivered a new Duramax engine to a GM dealer in Colorado Springs today. I asked the parts manager why the original engine took a powder. He said that the block had a casting flaw(where have I heard this before). I asked him what was the most common problem that they where running across. He told me that the injectors where becoming noisy. He said they where replacing them by the bushel basket full. In fact he said that he received a bulletin from GM yesterday that authorized the dealer to replace all 8 injectors in any engine with under 200,000 miles under full warranty. He mentioned that the injector price was $3300.00. I don't know if that included labor.

 

To bad Dodge wouldn't do the same for the VP-44/ lift pumps.

 

Yes, it seemed to me that they were very anxious to do whatever it took to keep people happy and avoid a stigma.

 

Cummins has the same deal going for the earlier version of the common rail engine , any injector failure gets all the injector replaced and they all go back to the factory to be analyzed

 

What do you mean by an earlier version? Early '03 or prototype?
Thanks

 

Yeah, my uncle is on his third set, stock, 99,000 mi, 131,000 mi, all under warranty!!

I will have to let him know about this 200k mi business, though.

Doesn't really matter, when you get GM discount, you're gonna drive a GM.

Chris

 

by earlier models , I do mean the first production run , there is a list of serial numbers for the affected numbers, from Cummins.