BinaryData
Senior Member
- Joined
- Jan 2, 2018
- Posts
- 168
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- Location
- Washington State
- Ram Year
- 2009
- Engine
- Hemi 5.7
Hey Dudes, and Dudettes(These exist, right?),
Friday night, I picked up a horse trailer, it was a double slant (2 horses, 3 if they were small). No horses, so I left my truck in Non-Tow Mode. I didn't think about it at the time, but the wind was atrocious, and the road I was driving on is notorious for wrecks. The truckers drive like sports cars, people have no concept of how to drive. For example, I was approaching a truck quite quickly, the car to my left isn't budging, not a damn mph was dropped or increased. So, I honk, they look at me like "What?", ended up having to slam on my brakes or I was going to eat that trucks rear end. In order to get back up to speed, and not have someone eat my brand new trailer, I stepped on it a bit harder than normal. Went from about 2.5k RPMs to about 3k - 3.5k, 5 - 7mph rapid increase.
I pulled over to get gas, check on the horse trailer, and make sure the brakes weren't locking up. Everything was fine, until I hit 60mph again. "DING!" Light comes up. I stopped at AutoZone, and used their ODB2 reader.
The code was;
P0740 - TCC Out of Range. The dudes at AutoZone were clueless as hell as to what this was, and what it did. I called my mechanic buddy, and he said that it was fine to drive home. It was also fine to drive back with the horse, and home again. I did that trip today, truck ran like a champ, minus that Check Engine light.
So, long story short. What do I need to do? I have extended warranty for another 35k miles, and is this considered normal "Wear and Tear". My buddy is an ASE Certified Mechanic, and he said that I didn't screw up the transmission from stepping on it up a hill a few times, while it was super windy. It was trashed before I got it.
2009 Dodge Ram 1500 4X4 5.7L Laramie (Pretty sure it's just an SLT, but this is what comes up with my VIN)
I'm ~110k miles, I bought it with 98k or so on it. I'm hoping this is covered by the extended warranty because I just started school again, and that's eating $1,000 a month for that.
Friday night, I picked up a horse trailer, it was a double slant (2 horses, 3 if they were small). No horses, so I left my truck in Non-Tow Mode. I didn't think about it at the time, but the wind was atrocious, and the road I was driving on is notorious for wrecks. The truckers drive like sports cars, people have no concept of how to drive. For example, I was approaching a truck quite quickly, the car to my left isn't budging, not a damn mph was dropped or increased. So, I honk, they look at me like "What?", ended up having to slam on my brakes or I was going to eat that trucks rear end. In order to get back up to speed, and not have someone eat my brand new trailer, I stepped on it a bit harder than normal. Went from about 2.5k RPMs to about 3k - 3.5k, 5 - 7mph rapid increase.
I pulled over to get gas, check on the horse trailer, and make sure the brakes weren't locking up. Everything was fine, until I hit 60mph again. "DING!" Light comes up. I stopped at AutoZone, and used their ODB2 reader.
The code was;
P0740 - TCC Out of Range. The dudes at AutoZone were clueless as hell as to what this was, and what it did. I called my mechanic buddy, and he said that it was fine to drive home. It was also fine to drive back with the horse, and home again. I did that trip today, truck ran like a champ, minus that Check Engine light.
So, long story short. What do I need to do? I have extended warranty for another 35k miles, and is this considered normal "Wear and Tear". My buddy is an ASE Certified Mechanic, and he said that I didn't screw up the transmission from stepping on it up a hill a few times, while it was super windy. It was trashed before I got it.
2009 Dodge Ram 1500 4X4 5.7L Laramie (Pretty sure it's just an SLT, but this is what comes up with my VIN)
I'm ~110k miles, I bought it with 98k or so on it. I'm hoping this is covered by the extended warranty because I just started school again, and that's eating $1,000 a month for that.
