2020 POWER WAGON BROKE WITH 70 MILES ON IT

[Big Bad Bud]

Took deliver Friday night of my new 2020 Power Wagon. Broke it Saturday afternoon at only 70 miles!! Took it down mild dirt road and through a large puddle of mud. Got home to it leaking trans fluid. Inspected and I guess I hit a large boulder in the puddle. Broke trans pan wide open, damaged drive shaft and front shaft boot. ONLY....$1700 so far! My bad!!!

 

[Odin]

Damn! Now that's some bad luck right there!

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[Rick Ram-jet]

BUMMER! Sounds like you already found one of the key venerable spots on these Rams...
Consider a transmission skid plate by Dethloff Mfg...
dethloffmfg.com

 

[Meister]

Whooops

 

[Breaker Alex]

I know the feeling!
Nice truck and welcome to the forum!

 

[Mikeg175]

Says 2019-20 arent out yet

 

[Meister]

This reminds me when I bought my tundra I had hit a electrical box on the passenger door because I wasn't used to body size....less then 15 min of ownership

 

[LimPShoT]

Not the best start, seems alot of companies are behind on 19-20 aftermarket armor and such not much available yet.

 

[crazy jerry]

never in a million years would i guess a large boulder could dent a aluminum driveshaft and break a plastic trans pan

 

[Havn2muchfun]

As Homer would say....DOH!!!

 

[olyelr]

Jeez, the luck!

The title of your post makes it sound like the truck broke...not you broke the truck.

 

[Taylor513]

Yikes that's a bummer. Don't have to worry about babying it now! Clean looking truck though I dig the color.

 

[ALRedneck]

Jeez, the luck!

The title of your post makes it sound like the truck broke...not you broke the truck.

I thought the same thing....PW clickbait!

Jeez, the luck!

The title of your post makes it sound like the truck broke...not you broke the truck.

 

[ALRedneck]

That’s an ultimate first scratch on a good looking truck! Really like that color too. I was perfectly content with my black 6 speed and FCA had to go and put a 8 speed in and paint it blue. Damn you Ram!

 

[JohnnyMac]

That'll do it....

 

[Travelin Ram]

“Large puddle”. Did the wife buy that storyline?

 

[1pieceatatime]

You need Marcus's skid ASAP!

 

[Tim Garceau]

Looks like someone needs to revisit the DMV. There was plenty of room to go around that rock...

 

[Trailmaker]

BUMMER! Sounds like you already found the one of the key venerable spots on these Rams...
Consider a transmission skid plate by Dethloff Mfg...
dethloffmfg.com

BUMMER! Sounds like you already found the one of the key venerable spots on these Rams...
Consider a transmission skid plate by Dethloff Mfg...
dethloffmfg.com

Says 2019-20 arent out yet

Not the best start, seems alot of companies are behind on 19-20 aftermarket armor and such not much available yet.

I have a few emails back and forth on those skids and Dethoff is/was going to have it ready for me by May for PWIM (now he has 5 extra months) but the skid should be available soon for us.
My greatest fear in off-roading my 19 PW was hitting that spot and be dead in the water on a trail. I have been avoiding “large mud puddles “ till I got the skid installed.

 

[Big Bad Bud]

BUMMER! Sounds like you already found one of the key venerable spots on these Rams...
Consider a transmission skid plate by Dethloff Mfg...
dethloffmfg.com

Absolutely will be buying skid plates.