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TX2500Cummins
My '20 Tradesman pissed me off returning from July 4th trip, cruise set at 70 with the camper hooked up on a recent road trip.
Flat terrain at the time of the issue, temperatures were all nominal, and the truck knocked me out of cruise, dropped into 4th, and told me, "good luck, sucka."
I didn't have my scanner and didn't want to turn it off to fear not turning it back on.
Limp mode all the way across OK on back roads, stuck in 4th the whole time, which was super fun.
I got home, disconnected the trailer, turned the truck off, and hooked up the scanner.
I forget the number now, but it was for "Shift solenoid B."
I fired the truck back up, and it let me cycle through the gear limiter manually.
I took it for a test drive, and all was well.
I brought it to the dealer the next morning and was immediately told it was my DEF system. it wasn't as I explained what happened again, and the service tech shrugged his shoulders and said, "wow, I don't know why it did that." <9k on it at the time.
So, I had the sales team start looking for a replacement, and obviously, that's hard to do when supply is crap so, I ordered a new one.
This will be my 3rd Cummins since Dec '20, and the first one needed a new engine before the ink even dried, and the papers didn't get submitted for that one, and they found me my current ride.
I thought it would be my million-mile truck; if the transmission had been grenaded, I would have been okay with keeping it, but "I don't know" isn't a problem I want on a road trip.
Now we wait.
Question about the packages when "building" your truck. Why are "packages" not packages?
If I pick one, why do I have to pick another?
Initially, I thought it was just a quirk with the website, but going through the process at the dealer, it's the same thing.
I don't want chrome, but I have to have the chrome package to get the "x" package.
I understand for supporting mods, like, if I want a "super badass speaker system," I need a head unit that can support them.
It makes sense, which is why "super badass speakers" isn't a standalone upgrade, but why call something a "package" if it requires other "packages"?
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