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After my third ECM failure this month, I'm done with new diesel designs
These electronic control modules keep dying on trucks that are barely out of warranty. I think we should go back to more mechanical systems for heavy duty work. Do you agree that simple designs work better?
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derekjenkins2mo ago
My old 7.3 Powerstroke has 350k miles on it with mostly original parts. I keep a spare mechanical fuel pump in the glove box just in case, but it's never failed. Isn't that the kind of reliability we're all missing now?
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palmer.richard2mo ago
Ugh, that's brutal. @elizabethh63 is spot on about everything getting needlessly complicated and breaking.
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elizabethh632mo ago
See this everywhere now. My washing machine has a circuit board that costs more to fix than the whole drum assembly (which seems backwards). Even cars have those touch screens that control the heat, so you have to take your eyes off the road to adjust it. Feels like adding complexity just for the sake of it, and the simple, reliable stuff gets lost. Your truck problem is just a bigger, more expensive version of that same trend.
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