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Originally Posted by porsche4life
You just flat bought the wrong year.... That was very early in the life of the new "quiet" cummins.... The earlier ones were bulletproof, and now that they've worked the kinks out the quiet ones aren't bad either... Dads got a '99 with ~220k on the clock and I'd guess hes spent less than 3k on repairs since he bought it new.
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I think your dad may be in the minority. While the early 2nd gen (94-98) was known for being a long life, trouble free vehicle, the late 2nd gen (98.5 to 02) had the notorious VP44 issues, as well as an expensive and proprietary ECM that has known issues. I would suspect that the problem with Billy's 03 is that it is the first year of production on a new system. I spent over $2000 in 2007 for repairs to my 99, and just finished spending another $4000 last month. Unfortunately I know the truck needs another $1500 spent but it will have to wait.