# Ford Diesel **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [January 23, 2015, 10:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ford-diesel/88802 "2015-01-23T22:58:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ralphwaldo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f0a364/32.png) [@ralphwaldo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ralphwaldo)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 10:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ford-diesel/88802/1 "2015-01-23T22:58:07Z")
I have owned more Ford trucks(gas)than other brands. I am considering buying an older(2003-2007)Ford diesel. My mechanics all drive Dodge Cummins and recommend them. They say the Duramax is bad on injectors and the Powerstroke is just junk. I have heard many negative comments about the Ford 6.0 from 2003-2007 models. It seems there were many problems with cooling, oil coolers, EGR, etc. As many Fords as are on the road, surely they can’t all be bad. I am wondering if the 2003-early 2005 are the bad ones and perhaps the problems had been solved by the later 2005-2007 models. Also I would expect all these model years to have over 100,000 miles by now. If they have functioned that long could they still have these same problems. I still like/prefer the Ford, but I don’t want to buy something that will just be a money pit. Please share your opinion to help me reach a conclusion. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 11:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ford-diesel/88802/2 "2015-01-23T23:05:21Z")
Duplicate post. ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 11:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ford-diesel/88802/3 "2015-01-23T23:06:20Z")
well, you can certainly skew the equation if you spend more money. buy a 07 truck with 40k miles or one with 230k miles. depends what your budget is. a low miles rig will probably have fewer issues. would you like to pay more upfront and have no issues? or buy a high mile cheap rig and have constant issues? ---
**Author:** ![SteveC76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@SteveC76](https://community.cartalk.com/u/SteveC76)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 12:26am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ford-diesel/88802/4 "2015-01-24T00:26:07Z")
There are a few mods that can be done to the powerstroke to make it more reliable once they are done the engines seem to be very reliable.