I have 59K on my 04 now. I love it. I still have 41K on warranty. I normally get a new one every 5 years, but this is a good truck and don't know that I will.
06 with 45k in one year.. i haul 2300lbs in the bed almost daily. the only thing ive had to replace is the overload spring rubber pads because they wore out from being overloaded. I put a sct controller, 5" exhaust, k&N and intake and still no issues.. the only trip to the dealer was to replace a vaccum line that the oil changer disconnected. it kept my defroster from switching to the vents in A/C mode..
i talk a lot with brian of brians truck shop, the 6.0 wont handle power mods like the 7.3 will. he built a 7.3 for his son to race the 1/4 mile with egts are 1800+ at the end of the run. he's making 100+ lbs of boost with a twin turbo set up he builds. the 7.3s are hard to hurt i put a dp tuner chip on mine with a holstet h2e turbo and mbrp exhaust it runs like a scalded cat, never had another truck pass me... yet
04 Excursion.... I'm hard on it, drive lots of miles per year, in fact probably have the highest od reading on this site. I love it, and had the seven before; this thing is just as good stock!
Somehow a valve thingy got disconnected and she runs better for some reason. Recent issue; have one of those coolers with extra cooling fan, plug into cig socket. Left it plugged in for a day and a half, killed batts. Re-charged battery, started up Excursion. The compass gas mileage deal went dark, then climate control and finally everything on dash. Picking up tuesday, last time this happened dealer said lose ground wire fixed in 2 hrs, dif dealer over a week......For my mile's on it this is a minor issue................ I've decided to keep it and this will the second time since I've had my license that kept a vehicle more then two years..
I have an '05 and am the original owner. I've modded it with the following:
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Exhaust, six gun, and intercooler.
I've had a couple problems, but they were covered under warranty. Oil leak (rear seal if I remember right), and last month I had a VGT valve go bad so the dealer warrantied the valve and a new turbo.
It's a weekend truck for me and it's primary use it to pull my toyhauler (10k lbs) and my boat. It does a fantastic job of both. I have 21k miles on it and have been happy with it.
I'd also recommend sending a sample of your oil after each oil change to Blackstone labs. They check the oil for signs of wear, coolant and a number of other things. I've done it three times and each time the tests come back with good results. The tests are $20 each and to me they are assurance that the motor is healthy. When I go to sell the truck the buyer will have confidence that the motor is strong, has a solid history and has been maintained.
I'd buy another one, but I also know people that have had problems with theirs too... I think by '05 they had most of the issues worked out.
i put a dp tuner chip on mine with a holstet h2e turbo and mbrp exhaust it runs like a scalded cat, never had another truck pass me... yet
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