danmdevries wrote:Last I talked to the dealership they said "we confirmed the trans slip, just waiting on approval from warranty dept to start"
Today they called "can't replicate any trans issue, but you do have a bad oxygen sensor that's $500 we can fix it today just call us back"
I called and sat on hold for 18 minutes before I gave up. I'm just gonna have to drive there tomorrow.
Went to the dealer, service advisor was super apologetic saying we tried everything to get it to throw a code. We even submitted paperwork that we confirmed the slipping but FCA denied it without a code. She showed me the stack of like 20 pages of paperwork showing line pressures and spikes/drops that are abnormal and indicative of a slipping clutch pack. But FCA denied the warranty claim because there are no codes.
She also told me my truck isn't alone. They have one in their yard that has been waiting 8 months for parts on an approved trans replacement. She said honestly, go trade it in, it's not going to get fixed.
Called Kelly the tranny guy. He says $3600-4k for a 66RFE. I'd called another local shop a coworker used in the past and they said $5-6k. Kelly rebuilds them, I think the other shop installs rebuilt transmissions.
It did gain a check engine light for an oxygen sensor while it was there. But I'll do that myself and save $400. Once that's fixed then I'll go to Carmax and see what they'll offer. If it's much less than $30k, I might have the tranny guy do it. My father in law wants the truck if the trans is fixed and said he'll pay up to 30.
More call offs at work and come Sunday the incentive pay for extra shifts is going away so I'm going back in for day 9 or 10 I don't know what day it is anymore. Hopefully I can do it through Saturday night. I looked at my timecards last night, I've barely worked any overtime this year. Usually by this time of year I'm over 400 hours OT but I'm at 180hrs. I do have 470 hours of PTO though.