Wife's Denali DMax is at 5k miles, figured I'd drop quick review post.
For some context, her truck sits next to a Ram 1500 ecoDiesel which shares its parking spot with a 6.7 cummins, so we are diesel heavy. However this is her first diesel, she has been driving denali's / tahoe's / escalade's / x5's.
1/3 of these miles are in town miles, rest are from a 1k mile trip and a 3k mile trip, this the xl with larger BF AT Ko2's for tires which hamper mileage a bit
Cons
- Uses a lot of DEF; appears to be about twice that of the 3.0 ecoDiesel
- Noisy during regen; during regen the exhaust is louder, when if first happened she took it into the dealer, she thought something was wrong
- Underpowered at high speeds, crossing Montana; speeds north of 80mph (speed limit is 80), the diesel starts to be apparent after say 70mph (the escalade was better, the x5 significantly better)
- Intermittent turbo lag, the truck can get confused and exhibit a goofy lag from a stop and go situation (ecoDiesels do this crazy bad, no where near that bad)
- Auto off, its annoying but that is an opinion, the pain point is that it gets confused and will restart the truck when it doesn't need to (parking and not get it into park quick enough) or it'll lurch forward on restart (if it stops and starts on a hill)
Pros
- Crazy quiet at idle, even compared to the ecoDiesel, this DMax is super quiet
- Town driving responsiveness, the massive amounts of torque at low speeds (< 40mph) is awesome; why better then the ecoDiesel
- Mileage, very good, better then the ecoDiesel better then 20mpg in town, approaching 30mpg on regular highways (60mph), mid 20's at interstate (85mph) speeds
- Range, getting ~700 miles out of a tank is slick
Comparing to the ecoDiesel the DMax is more responsive in town and at low speeds but is less powerful when passing at high speeds. The DMax is much quieter at idle, but does use alot more DEF per mile driven. The DMax gets about 2mpg better across the board, both running the same oversized BF AT's.
All considered from the perspective of driving she would rebuy this same vehicle again. She would also buy the diesel again, she really likes the massive range and doesn't like stopping at gas stations (the escalade and the x5 where pigs). This diesel seems to always have fuel in the tank.
For some context, her truck sits next to a Ram 1500 ecoDiesel which shares its parking spot with a 6.7 cummins, so we are diesel heavy. However this is her first diesel, she has been driving denali's / tahoe's / escalade's / x5's.
1/3 of these miles are in town miles, rest are from a 1k mile trip and a 3k mile trip, this the xl with larger BF AT Ko2's for tires which hamper mileage a bit
Cons
- Uses a lot of DEF; appears to be about twice that of the 3.0 ecoDiesel
- Noisy during regen; during regen the exhaust is louder, when if first happened she took it into the dealer, she thought something was wrong
- Underpowered at high speeds, crossing Montana; speeds north of 80mph (speed limit is 80), the diesel starts to be apparent after say 70mph (the escalade was better, the x5 significantly better)
- Intermittent turbo lag, the truck can get confused and exhibit a goofy lag from a stop and go situation (ecoDiesels do this crazy bad, no where near that bad)
- Auto off, its annoying but that is an opinion, the pain point is that it gets confused and will restart the truck when it doesn't need to (parking and not get it into park quick enough) or it'll lurch forward on restart (if it stops and starts on a hill)
Pros
- Crazy quiet at idle, even compared to the ecoDiesel, this DMax is super quiet
- Town driving responsiveness, the massive amounts of torque at low speeds (< 40mph) is awesome; why better then the ecoDiesel
- Mileage, very good, better then the ecoDiesel better then 20mpg in town, approaching 30mpg on regular highways (60mph), mid 20's at interstate (85mph) speeds
- Range, getting ~700 miles out of a tank is slick
Comparing to the ecoDiesel the DMax is more responsive in town and at low speeds but is less powerful when passing at high speeds. The DMax is much quieter at idle, but does use alot more DEF per mile driven. The DMax gets about 2mpg better across the board, both running the same oversized BF AT's.
All considered from the perspective of driving she would rebuy this same vehicle again. She would also buy the diesel again, she really likes the massive range and doesn't like stopping at gas stations (the escalade and the x5 where pigs). This diesel seems to always have fuel in the tank.
