Idle hours...

[FrogInTheWell]

Just bought me a 2016 1500 5.7. Still learning my way around it. I stumbled across information on the dash: 4,459 drive hours, 321 Idle hours, Mileage is 145,600 .. are these good numbers, sorry if its a dumb question but I went from driving a 96 Suburban to this thing so I am basically lost, LOL. Thanks.

 

[Heatheroo]

Just bought me a 2016 1500 5.7. Still learning my way around it. I stumbled across information on the dash: 4,459 drive hours, 321 Idle hours, Mileage is 145,600 .. are these good numbers, sorry if its a dumb question but I went from driving a 96 Suburban to this thing so I am basically lost, LOL. Thanks.

7% idle time seems reasonable. Plus the 4459 may be low. The run time counter has a habit of randomly resetting to 0

 

[tron67j]

Numbers really don't mean a lot. What really matters is if you had a mechanic do a complete check in the truck.

The mileage is high for a 9 year old truck, about 16k a year. The mileage divided by the hours shown returns about 32 miles run per hour. The truck, if driven mostly to work each day, would have around 63 miles a day driven. What I am getting at is this might be a daily driver rather than a long-distance truck so it gets more wear and tear. But, again, the story is best told by a mechanic.

Best advice I have is keep up with maintenance and just enjoy the drive.

 

[mikeru]

Seems like a reasonable amount of idle versus run miles. The main factor is the maintenance history though, especially oil changes. Do you have any records of that?

 

[mtofell]

Yeah, somewhat high miles for the year but not terrible. IIRC, my average speed is in the ballpark of yours and over the truck's life it's been a real mix of city and highway with a few road trips of a couple thousand miles or more.

Seems there was a discussion about this a while back but I can't recall the outcome - do idle hours count when sitting at a light or only in park and running?

 

[FrogInTheWell]

Thanks for the replies. Unfortunately I have next to nothing for maintenance records (owner passed away). I did get to speak to a family member of the owner and she did say that her father drove the truck all around new england, N.H. to R.i. and CT. a lot with his job so I guess lots of highway miles, so I guess that is a good sign.