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I went this past Saturday to drive on the beach at Fort Fisher as I have done several times with my Jeep. There is a sand "road" about 1/2 mile long that leads out to the beach. Maybe three minutes after I left the pavement, before even reaching the beach itself, I suddenly lost 4WD while in 4HI and the "Service 4WD" indicator lit on the dash. No amount of engaging/disengaging, turning the Jeep on/off would make it engage. So in the end, we towed it back to the parking lot with another Jeep and just walked to the beach.
After a few hours at the beach, there was no longer any errors on the dash, and I just left it in 2H to get home without issue.
After getting home, I ran it through the transfer case positions a few times, and everything was (and still is) working 100% as expected.
I have an appointment scheduled with the dealer on Monday to have it looked at. I'll update after with what they find out.
In the mean time, I used this as an opportunity to buy a code reader to check on this and other future problems.
Here's what the Jeep has stored:
C0501, C0507, C050D, C0513 - Left Front/Right Front/Left Rear/Right Rear Wheel Speed Sensor Range/Performance, respectively
C1045 - Rear Tone Wheel Performance
C147B - Front Axle Disconnect Sensor Circuit Performance
C1477 - Transfer Case Clutch Over Temperature
The clutch in particular has me worried, since it was engaged for such a short time. Something to consider for anyone considering the Selec-Trac transfer case.
After a few hours at the beach, there was no longer any errors on the dash, and I just left it in 2H to get home without issue.
After getting home, I ran it through the transfer case positions a few times, and everything was (and still is) working 100% as expected.
I have an appointment scheduled with the dealer on Monday to have it looked at. I'll update after with what they find out.
In the mean time, I used this as an opportunity to buy a code reader to check on this and other future problems.
Here's what the Jeep has stored:
C0501, C0507, C050D, C0513 - Left Front/Right Front/Left Rear/Right Rear Wheel Speed Sensor Range/Performance, respectively
C1045 - Rear Tone Wheel Performance
C147B - Front Axle Disconnect Sensor Circuit Performance
C1477 - Transfer Case Clutch Over Temperature
The clutch in particular has me worried, since it was engaged for such a short time. Something to consider for anyone considering the Selec-Trac transfer case.
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