rallydefault
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Ok so what do you guys think of this one:
Early January we got that huge snowstorm. I'm in 4hi and briefly in 4lo to get through some really heavy unplowed snow (like nearly 2 feet), then 2hi once I'm back on roads or anything even slightly plowed. Some of the shifting takes some force on the stick, as usual. Sometimes coming out of 4lo was pretty tough.
Then, the dreaded message comes up on the dash: Service 4WD System. Jeep still seems to drive fine and I could still shift it into 4 wheel. Pushed down on some of my fuses and the message never came back up on the dash.
Didn't get it into the dealer until today for its regular inspection. Asked them to look at the 4wd just to see. Right away they had trouble keeping it in 4lo. Then they put it on some rollers and tried shifting, and a piece of metal falls out the bottom of the jeep. After the metal fell out, they could now shift it into 4lo (yay), but when they put it up on the lift they found that the piece of metal was from my front driveshaft. Woof. They have no idea what broke it in the first place nor how it traveled from the driveshaft down to the transfer case.
Wanted to put this up here to see what you guys thought. Was I too forceful on the shifter and possibly snapped something? Was it just a freak thing? Thank goodness I'm still under warranty for a couple more weeks.
Early January we got that huge snowstorm. I'm in 4hi and briefly in 4lo to get through some really heavy unplowed snow (like nearly 2 feet), then 2hi once I'm back on roads or anything even slightly plowed. Some of the shifting takes some force on the stick, as usual. Sometimes coming out of 4lo was pretty tough.
Then, the dreaded message comes up on the dash: Service 4WD System. Jeep still seems to drive fine and I could still shift it into 4 wheel. Pushed down on some of my fuses and the message never came back up on the dash.
Didn't get it into the dealer until today for its regular inspection. Asked them to look at the 4wd just to see. Right away they had trouble keeping it in 4lo. Then they put it on some rollers and tried shifting, and a piece of metal falls out the bottom of the jeep. After the metal fell out, they could now shift it into 4lo (yay), but when they put it up on the lift they found that the piece of metal was from my front driveshaft. Woof. They have no idea what broke it in the first place nor how it traveled from the driveshaft down to the transfer case.
Wanted to put this up here to see what you guys thought. Was I too forceful on the shifter and possibly snapped something? Was it just a freak thing? Thank goodness I'm still under warranty for a couple more weeks.
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