Tow/haul and transmission issue
I've done a few long trips in my 07 ram 1500 and have always just put tow/haul on and left it on the entire time. After reading some different views here I figured I would shut it off because I was on...
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Sounds like a similar issue we had on our first haul. I'm going down the highway about 60 MPH and notice on my Titan that I get no reaction when I push the gas pedal. Road was fairly flat, so we were able to continue down the highway. When we reached our exit, approximately 1 hour in to the trip, and slowed down, nothing.
Just went nuts thinking I had burned up my tranny.
Called a wrecker who loaded up the truck and hooked up to the trailer. He took us another 15 miles to the campground and pushed the trailer in to our campsite. I asked him to drop the truck at the nearest transmission shop.
Next morning, wrecker driver showed up at campground and asked if I would come ride with him to the transmission shop.
He said when he dropped it off the night before, he got in the truck and started it up. He said he drove it in the parking lot and seemed like it was OK. When we got there, I did the same. Truck ran great. I thanked him and drove back to my campsite. After talking to a mechanic that I trusted, he advised me to tow the trailer back and keep my speed down.
He said the transmission overheated and went in to limp mode.
When I got back to town, it was in limp again.
Let it set for half an hour and then was able to get the trailer back to storage.
That is when I learned a lot about TT salesmen and their lack of knowledge regarding tow vehicles.
My truck was not equipped to haul much at all and the trailer was way too heavy for even a well equipped truck.
Your truck went in to limp mode, apparently due to not using tow/haul.
Either it was shifting a lot and you didn't notice or it was an electronic issue.
Just went nuts thinking I had burned up my tranny.
Called a wrecker who loaded up the truck and hooked up to the trailer. He took us another 15 miles to the campground and pushed the trailer in to our campsite. I asked him to drop the truck at the nearest transmission shop.
Next morning, wrecker driver showed up at campground and asked if I would come ride with him to the transmission shop.
He said when he dropped it off the night before, he got in the truck and started it up. He said he drove it in the parking lot and seemed like it was OK. When we got there, I did the same. Truck ran great. I thanked him and drove back to my campsite. After talking to a mechanic that I trusted, he advised me to tow the trailer back and keep my speed down.
He said the transmission overheated and went in to limp mode.
When I got back to town, it was in limp again.
Let it set for half an hour and then was able to get the trailer back to storage.
That is when I learned a lot about TT salesmen and their lack of knowledge regarding tow vehicles.
My truck was not equipped to haul much at all and the trailer was way too heavy for even a well equipped truck.
Your truck went in to limp mode, apparently due to not using tow/haul.
Either it was shifting a lot and you didn't notice or it was an electronic issue.
