JamesRam
Senior Member
Hi guys,
So I traded my 08 Cummins 3/4 ton for a 14 1 ton in March. Over the past few months this issue I'm having seems to be gradually getting worse.
At first when I began to notice it, I stop at my mail box at the end of my street on my way home from work. Put the truck in park and go grab my mail. Hop back into the truck and notice the P R N D letters on the dash have turned from white to yellow and I put it in drive and it doesn't go anywhere, just revs. Put it back into park, goes back to normal, drive home. It did this 2 or 3 times, I had the truck in to get the rear pinion seal changed and was basically told I'll end up paying a diagnostic fee for them to look at it cause unless then can reproduce it, there's nothing they can do. So I left it.
About a month ago, I pull into a parking lot for a minute to call someone. Put the truck into park and the same thing, D R N P turn yellow. Only this time it is stuck in park. Try shutting the truck off and restarting, but they key won't turn all the way back to off and is stuck in the dash. The truck also won't start again. So I call my dealer and they tell me to use my roadside assistance to get it towed in and they'll look at it. While calling roadside, the letters go back white again and the trucks magically fine. Call the dealer back and they tell me to take it and get the undercarriage washed and that it was more then likely a piece of road debris stuck up underneath and it fell out. I thought this was **** because why would it randomly fall out while I was stuck parked there. So I booked it in for them to look and take it for a wash. They look and find nothing.
Then there was today.
I have an aftermarket 2 way remote start. Need it as it commonly gets down to -40C up here in the winter. Started the truck, didn't get a signal back. Thought nothing of it as sometimes the signal isn't so great inside my work. (I work in a pulp mill, pretty big place). So I look out the window to see it hadn't started. Try it again, in the changeroom, thing flashed red, no start. Weird. So I go outside, put the key in and turn it. Nothing. All the lights, keyless entry, stereo, dash all look fine. Tried it 4 or 5 times. Absolutely nothing. -25C outside. So I go into work get some wrenches, disconnect the batteries and wait a while. Reconnect them, still nothing. Someone sees me under the hood and offers a boost. 98% sure it isn't the issue, but I give it a go. Still nothing. At this point it's about an hour after I got off work. I call roadside assistance, 1.5 hr to 2 hr 15 min wait just for a call back from dispatch. So I sit around thinking and thinking and about to get a ride home. Try it again, still nothing. Randomly decide to shift it into drive and back into park. Magically it's alive again, starts right up and is fine. At this point it's almost 2 hours since I got off.
So I'm pretty sure this is all related somehow, but my dealer is so useless, I'm not getting anywhere with them. I started to think today that maybe it was the aftermarket remote, but this issue began before I even had it installed. I'm getting so fed up, with this and a few other issues I've had that I'm about ready to get rid of the truck. Has anyone else had this issue?? Did you get a reason or a resolve?? Any ideas?
65000kms.
Thanks.
So I traded my 08 Cummins 3/4 ton for a 14 1 ton in March. Over the past few months this issue I'm having seems to be gradually getting worse.
At first when I began to notice it, I stop at my mail box at the end of my street on my way home from work. Put the truck in park and go grab my mail. Hop back into the truck and notice the P R N D letters on the dash have turned from white to yellow and I put it in drive and it doesn't go anywhere, just revs. Put it back into park, goes back to normal, drive home. It did this 2 or 3 times, I had the truck in to get the rear pinion seal changed and was basically told I'll end up paying a diagnostic fee for them to look at it cause unless then can reproduce it, there's nothing they can do. So I left it.
About a month ago, I pull into a parking lot for a minute to call someone. Put the truck into park and the same thing, D R N P turn yellow. Only this time it is stuck in park. Try shutting the truck off and restarting, but they key won't turn all the way back to off and is stuck in the dash. The truck also won't start again. So I call my dealer and they tell me to use my roadside assistance to get it towed in and they'll look at it. While calling roadside, the letters go back white again and the trucks magically fine. Call the dealer back and they tell me to take it and get the undercarriage washed and that it was more then likely a piece of road debris stuck up underneath and it fell out. I thought this was **** because why would it randomly fall out while I was stuck parked there. So I booked it in for them to look and take it for a wash. They look and find nothing.
Then there was today.
I have an aftermarket 2 way remote start. Need it as it commonly gets down to -40C up here in the winter. Started the truck, didn't get a signal back. Thought nothing of it as sometimes the signal isn't so great inside my work. (I work in a pulp mill, pretty big place). So I look out the window to see it hadn't started. Try it again, in the changeroom, thing flashed red, no start. Weird. So I go outside, put the key in and turn it. Nothing. All the lights, keyless entry, stereo, dash all look fine. Tried it 4 or 5 times. Absolutely nothing. -25C outside. So I go into work get some wrenches, disconnect the batteries and wait a while. Reconnect them, still nothing. Someone sees me under the hood and offers a boost. 98% sure it isn't the issue, but I give it a go. Still nothing. At this point it's about an hour after I got off work. I call roadside assistance, 1.5 hr to 2 hr 15 min wait just for a call back from dispatch. So I sit around thinking and thinking and about to get a ride home. Try it again, still nothing. Randomly decide to shift it into drive and back into park. Magically it's alive again, starts right up and is fine. At this point it's almost 2 hours since I got off.
So I'm pretty sure this is all related somehow, but my dealer is so useless, I'm not getting anywhere with them. I started to think today that maybe it was the aftermarket remote, but this issue began before I even had it installed. I'm getting so fed up, with this and a few other issues I've had that I'm about ready to get rid of the truck. Has anyone else had this issue?? Did you get a reason or a resolve?? Any ideas?
65000kms.
Thanks.
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