Jackpot Tremor
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- First Name
- Bill
- Joined
- Dec 3, 2021
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- 8
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- Location
- Orange County, CA
- Vehicle(s)
- 2024 Ranger Raptor / Azure Grey
- Occupation
- Self Employed
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- #1
First off, I LOVE my tremor and have been documenting the maintenance and mods since day 1
https://www.ranger5g.com/forum/threads/loving-my-new-lariat-tremor-modding-it-up-already.16842/
and even decided it was "almost as good" as the new Ranger Raptor after I test drove one
https://www.ranger5g.com/forum/threads/i-test-drove-a-ranger-raptor-yesterday.29735/
but, I think I jinxed myself......I was driving home from a jobsite this past Thursday afternoon on the local toll road (133 fwy southbound) going slightly/moderately uphill at about 75+ in sport mode when all of a sudden it hesitated a little bit, started to act "funny" and shift rough and "popped" out of gear. I immediately got over to the far right lane, eased off the gas to slow down and drove carefully to try to make it home which was about 5 miles. It was fumbling through a couple of gears and white smoke was definitely visible in the rear view mirror coming from my truck. I exited the freeway and came to a stop and was praying it would get me home and it started from a dead stop but not without fumbling through the gears. 2 minutes later I was home and parked it overnight in a guest spot in my condo complex as I was running late for my gym work out with my son.
The next morning (Friday) I called the dealership and made an appointment and also called AAA to tow it in as I didn't want to drive it the 5-6 miles to the dealership. I did however take it around the block to see if it was just a "fluke" but it was still fumbling through the gears and it had a heavy trans fluid smell. When the AAA driver put it on the flatbed it was obvious that it has some transmission problem as it was dripping fluid and the whole back half underside was covered in trans fluid. The white smoke was the fluid dripping on the hot exhaust and nothing engine related.
I didn't hear anything from the dealership today (Saturday) so I decided to go down there and see what was going on. Turns out the tow truck driver just dropped it off and no one at the dealership "checked it in" so it wasn't even in the system yet. The service adviser, Jack, was super nice and said he'd have the transmission tech look at it on Monday and get back to me. I told him how "disappointed" I was because the truck has been great up until then and only has 30,526 miles and thank goodness I wasn't on my way to Vegas in the middle of nowhere in 115 heat!
I talked to Jack a little bit and also chatted with a sales guy named Tim who also had a Lariat Tremor but his was a 2022. We chatted a while about our trucks and even compared them to the new Ranger Raptor.......the whole time I was getting good vibes from everyone that it would be under warranty (It better damn should be!) and that probably it would get a new (revised) transmission instead of just rebuilding my current one. I'm just speculating that the trans is bad based on what I experienced and just hope I don't get the run around or some lame BS excuse why it isn't covered. I need my truck for work and this sucks and my anxiety is through the roof waiting to hear the diagnoses but I'm sure they want it fixed under warranty with a new trans just as much as I do!...or at least I hope!!
The next couple of days of waiting is going to kill me!
https://www.ranger5g.com/forum/threads/loving-my-new-lariat-tremor-modding-it-up-already.16842/
and even decided it was "almost as good" as the new Ranger Raptor after I test drove one
https://www.ranger5g.com/forum/threads/i-test-drove-a-ranger-raptor-yesterday.29735/
but, I think I jinxed myself......I was driving home from a jobsite this past Thursday afternoon on the local toll road (133 fwy southbound) going slightly/moderately uphill at about 75+ in sport mode when all of a sudden it hesitated a little bit, started to act "funny" and shift rough and "popped" out of gear. I immediately got over to the far right lane, eased off the gas to slow down and drove carefully to try to make it home which was about 5 miles. It was fumbling through a couple of gears and white smoke was definitely visible in the rear view mirror coming from my truck. I exited the freeway and came to a stop and was praying it would get me home and it started from a dead stop but not without fumbling through the gears. 2 minutes later I was home and parked it overnight in a guest spot in my condo complex as I was running late for my gym work out with my son.
The next morning (Friday) I called the dealership and made an appointment and also called AAA to tow it in as I didn't want to drive it the 5-6 miles to the dealership. I did however take it around the block to see if it was just a "fluke" but it was still fumbling through the gears and it had a heavy trans fluid smell. When the AAA driver put it on the flatbed it was obvious that it has some transmission problem as it was dripping fluid and the whole back half underside was covered in trans fluid. The white smoke was the fluid dripping on the hot exhaust and nothing engine related.
I didn't hear anything from the dealership today (Saturday) so I decided to go down there and see what was going on. Turns out the tow truck driver just dropped it off and no one at the dealership "checked it in" so it wasn't even in the system yet. The service adviser, Jack, was super nice and said he'd have the transmission tech look at it on Monday and get back to me. I told him how "disappointed" I was because the truck has been great up until then and only has 30,526 miles and thank goodness I wasn't on my way to Vegas in the middle of nowhere in 115 heat!
I talked to Jack a little bit and also chatted with a sales guy named Tim who also had a Lariat Tremor but his was a 2022. We chatted a while about our trucks and even compared them to the new Ranger Raptor.......the whole time I was getting good vibes from everyone that it would be under warranty (It better damn should be!) and that probably it would get a new (revised) transmission instead of just rebuilding my current one. I'm just speculating that the trans is bad based on what I experienced and just hope I don't get the run around or some lame BS excuse why it isn't covered. I need my truck for work and this sucks and my anxiety is through the roof waiting to hear the diagnoses but I'm sure they want it fixed under warranty with a new trans just as much as I do!...or at least I hope!!
The next couple of days of waiting is going to kill me!
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