by Richie O » Mon Jan 03, 2011 6:08 pm
So today was a small snow day and only our commercial accounts needed service. I had the 08 dmax and dad had the 07 6.0 gasser ton truck plowing a big parking lot. He calls me and says the tranny is roasted.
Nice. Under 10,000 miles on it. SO I get done with my route and get home to take off the plow and take it to the dealer. I put it in reverse,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, nothing, forward,,, pause,,, would move but slip. Reverse,,,,wait for it,, would move but slip real easy. Anyway get the plow off and head for the dealer. Held it in a low gear and kept the revs up so it would hold. I get up there and shut it off. The service guy comes out and drives around the yard. He says " nothing wrong "
I'm like lets go down the road. We go down the road,, mint, no issues. Reverse,,, mint. I was so pissed. I could just hear now. " Can't duplicate customer complaint " which is the cop out of all time. So come to find out the last couple of times plowing the battery volts got real low. ( running the plow for an hour in same lot with 1 battery in the truck ). Dad said all the idiot lights would blink. ( my dad is the type that would drive a truck even if its on fire as long as it moves). When I shut the truck off up there it must have reset the computer and fixed the issue. The truck had run all morning without being shut down. They tested the battery and it would not load test. Gave us a new battery under warranty and we will be installing a second batt. Just a funny ( electronic ) tranny story.
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