sjr8ut

I'm looking to buy a used 9 passenger '05-08 SUV --Suburbans and Expeditions(excursions) are the only ones I know that have this many seats. Never had anything larger than a minivan. Are '05-07 suburbans pretty reliable? Any trouble years or things to look out for?

This is probably the wrong forum, but any thoughts on how they compare to the expedition xl?


thanks.

wafrederick

Very good and ones with a 5.3 get very good fuel mileage.The 5.3s do have problems with intake gaskets,blow out and causes a miss.The intake gaskets are plastic and clip on the intake.

sjr8ut

Thanks for the reply. Are they still using plastic intake manifold gaskets? Even on '06-07 models? Any other things to look out for?

toddman67

I have 2 burbs at work which we transport students with. They're both 05's with 6.0L engines and 4wd. 68 & 72,000 miles, No problems! They still drive like new. I must state that we perform regular maintenance on them, Oil, filters etc.
I hope you get a good one.

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wafrederick

The intake gaskets are still made out of plastic.I did hear that Dorman is going to come out with them out of metal