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Transfer case select issue, dropps into 4 low on its own!
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<blockquote data-quote="BDRAG" data-source="post: 774027" data-attributes="member: 567"><p>Ok. all,</p><p></p><p>For a while now I have had some weird shit going on with the transfer case function. Back 2 years ago while on the meet with a few in Colorado I had the transfer case go limp, neutral while moving. Went between high and low range I guess? I got a wrench light. I stopped, put it 4 x 2 and then back to 4 x 4 high. All went in and was fine. Wrench went away after the next start cycle. </p><p></p><p>About 6 months ago, March, I was in a heavy rain, lots of standing water and I have always just used the 4 high in these cases. Did it for 100,000 miles on my FX4. I know the truck does not like turning in 4 x 4 on hard pack or street. I always click back and forth when turning more than a lane change. No big deal. So I always select 4 x 4 high at say a stop light. I roll fwd 10 feet and let everything click in. Then drive off like a mad man in the wet. HAhaaaa.</p><p></p><p>So 6 months ago I do this as usual and take off from a stop in 4 high. I had about 40 K on the clock. After about 100 yards the damn truck drops into 4 x 4 low? I am moving about 30 mph. I get these grinding noises as the transfer case is trying to drop into low. Errrrrrrweerrrrr and as I slow to get out of traffic and turn onto a side street to my right it drops into low while I am moving. WHAM! Oh the noises! I get the wrench light on the cluster.</p><p></p><p>So I think to myself I am fat and stupid and switched past 4 high into 4 low. So I look at the selector knob and its in 4 high. So I select 4 low and it goes into 4 low on the cluster. I then select 4 high and it does not go. I then select 2 high and it finally clunks in. I back up to make sure everything is disengaged. I then back out and head on my way in 2 wheel. </p><p></p><p>So this all bothered me for most of the drive into work. So I just had to try it again. I am stopped and select 4 high. Clunk all is fine and I drive along for a few miles no issues. I still have the wrench light. Upon re start no wrench and all is good.</p><p></p><p>I take the truck to my property a few times over the next few months and use all the selections with no issues. Then about 2 months ago I am taking a short cut across a parking lot, wet conditions and drop it into 4 high. Again errrrrerrrrrr it goes to 4 low on the cluster with wrench and as I slow CRUNCH POW! It drops into low range as I am still slowing. MOTHER ******! My wife was with me and screams WHAT THE HELL! I then explain the history. She is not impressed with the ole Raptor at this point! So again I select around and get it back in 2 high. Again after an on off cycle of the key the wrench goes away. Again I **** with it and it works as it should. WTF?</p><p></p><p>So I was at my property in September. I select 4 high and I get the wrench. It does shift into 4 high and I do my thing for 2 days there using the truck as a truck. In and out of 4 high and 2 high with no issues but for the wrench. I then get done and drop it in 4 low to see whats up. It does drop in and works fine. Wrench is still there. I go to town for some deer corn and in 2 high with small wrench light on. Then it goes out. WTF? Get back to property and all works fine.</p><p></p><p>Then last month heavy rain in traffic and I select 4 high and get the wrench. I wait for the dreaded WHAM from 4 high to 4 low and do not get it. I decide to head straight to the dealer with it in 4 high, let them do a code read. I get to the dealer and the guy takes it right back. 30 minutes later he pulls around and tries to give me the speech on how to use 4 wheel drive? I cop an attitude right then and tell him its the same as my FX4 was. I had no issues with it. He then tells me this is a special truck and its not to be used in 4 wheel drive on the street. Not even in wet conditions. Its special. Now look, I am fat but not stupid! He then tells me the code showed the selector brushes needed cleaning. He shows me how to select 4 high to 4 low and back and forth 5 times as a cleaning procedure for the brushes. OK? No code.</p><p></p><p>Now just this past week we had MAJOR storms here in Dallas area. I pull out behind my house and go ahead and selected 4 high. Clunck. All was fine. I de select to 2 high and drive off. I was in high water and debris in about 5 minutes. I select 4 high and errrririrreerrrrr it try's the same shit! I slam on the brakes and it drops into low. I then de select back and forth 10 times and still get the wrench and 4 low. I then back up, stop, selected into 4 low and it seems to go and then back to 4 high and it goes and then 2 high and it goes. Wrench is lit. I back up some then drive off to work. Upon leaving work no wrench and I head straight to ANOTHER DEALER this time. The dealer I hate but where I bought the truck from. At least they will take the truck in and look at it. Not just say I am stupid and fat. Now at about 50 K miles. </p><p></p><p>I get the service writer to take it for a drive. He selects 4 high in the parking lot. It works fine. We drive onto a side street in 4 high in the dry. Crab crab crab, then he selected 2 high. We drive a block and he stops and selects 4 high. The truck drops into 4 low with the wrench light on now! YES! Its doing it while at the dealer ship. HAhaaaaa. A first! He looks at the selector knob. He exclaims its in 4 high not 4 low on the knob. I say YEPPER! SEE! </p><p>He then selects 4 low and back and to 2 high and all is good with wrench lit. </p><p></p><p>So I put it in the shop for that, heated seat inop and the drivers seat had an issue with rocking or loose tracks. </p><p></p><p>They keep the truck 3 days. Installed new heater element in seat, Replaced the seat tracks and replaced the transfer case motor. I guess the motor that selects between 2 high, and 4 high and low. I am skeptical but I went and tried it out several times and it seems to be working. I asked if there could be any hidden damage from the slamming into low while moving and he said the tech checked the fluid for debris and found none. I wonder how he did that without replacing fluids? We will see in a few weeks when I go to the land. </p><p></p><p>I know this was long winded but has anyone else had this issue? Any damage? </p><p></p><p>BDRAG</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BDRAG, post: 774027, member: 567"] Ok. all, For a while now I have had some weird shit going on with the transfer case function. Back 2 years ago while on the meet with a few in Colorado I had the transfer case go limp, neutral while moving. Went between high and low range I guess? I got a wrench light. I stopped, put it 4 x 2 and then back to 4 x 4 high. All went in and was fine. Wrench went away after the next start cycle. About 6 months ago, March, I was in a heavy rain, lots of standing water and I have always just used the 4 high in these cases. Did it for 100,000 miles on my FX4. I know the truck does not like turning in 4 x 4 on hard pack or street. I always click back and forth when turning more than a lane change. No big deal. So I always select 4 x 4 high at say a stop light. I roll fwd 10 feet and let everything click in. Then drive off like a mad man in the wet. HAhaaaa. So 6 months ago I do this as usual and take off from a stop in 4 high. I had about 40 K on the clock. After about 100 yards the damn truck drops into 4 x 4 low? I am moving about 30 mph. I get these grinding noises as the transfer case is trying to drop into low. Errrrrrrweerrrrr and as I slow to get out of traffic and turn onto a side street to my right it drops into low while I am moving. WHAM! Oh the noises! I get the wrench light on the cluster. So I think to myself I am fat and stupid and switched past 4 high into 4 low. So I look at the selector knob and its in 4 high. So I select 4 low and it goes into 4 low on the cluster. I then select 4 high and it does not go. I then select 2 high and it finally clunks in. I back up to make sure everything is disengaged. I then back out and head on my way in 2 wheel. So this all bothered me for most of the drive into work. So I just had to try it again. I am stopped and select 4 high. Clunk all is fine and I drive along for a few miles no issues. I still have the wrench light. Upon re start no wrench and all is good. I take the truck to my property a few times over the next few months and use all the selections with no issues. Then about 2 months ago I am taking a short cut across a parking lot, wet conditions and drop it into 4 high. Again errrrrerrrrrr it goes to 4 low on the cluster with wrench and as I slow CRUNCH POW! It drops into low range as I am still slowing. MOTHER ******! My wife was with me and screams WHAT THE HELL! I then explain the history. She is not impressed with the ole Raptor at this point! So again I select around and get it back in 2 high. Again after an on off cycle of the key the wrench goes away. Again I **** with it and it works as it should. WTF? So I was at my property in September. I select 4 high and I get the wrench. It does shift into 4 high and I do my thing for 2 days there using the truck as a truck. In and out of 4 high and 2 high with no issues but for the wrench. I then get done and drop it in 4 low to see whats up. It does drop in and works fine. Wrench is still there. I go to town for some deer corn and in 2 high with small wrench light on. Then it goes out. WTF? Get back to property and all works fine. Then last month heavy rain in traffic and I select 4 high and get the wrench. I wait for the dreaded WHAM from 4 high to 4 low and do not get it. I decide to head straight to the dealer with it in 4 high, let them do a code read. I get to the dealer and the guy takes it right back. 30 minutes later he pulls around and tries to give me the speech on how to use 4 wheel drive? I cop an attitude right then and tell him its the same as my FX4 was. I had no issues with it. He then tells me this is a special truck and its not to be used in 4 wheel drive on the street. Not even in wet conditions. Its special. Now look, I am fat but not stupid! He then tells me the code showed the selector brushes needed cleaning. He shows me how to select 4 high to 4 low and back and forth 5 times as a cleaning procedure for the brushes. OK? No code. Now just this past week we had MAJOR storms here in Dallas area. I pull out behind my house and go ahead and selected 4 high. Clunck. All was fine. I de select to 2 high and drive off. I was in high water and debris in about 5 minutes. I select 4 high and errrririrreerrrrr it try's the same shit! I slam on the brakes and it drops into low. I then de select back and forth 10 times and still get the wrench and 4 low. I then back up, stop, selected into 4 low and it seems to go and then back to 4 high and it goes and then 2 high and it goes. Wrench is lit. I back up some then drive off to work. Upon leaving work no wrench and I head straight to ANOTHER DEALER this time. The dealer I hate but where I bought the truck from. At least they will take the truck in and look at it. Not just say I am stupid and fat. Now at about 50 K miles. I get the service writer to take it for a drive. He selects 4 high in the parking lot. It works fine. We drive onto a side street in 4 high in the dry. Crab crab crab, then he selected 2 high. We drive a block and he stops and selects 4 high. The truck drops into 4 low with the wrench light on now! YES! Its doing it while at the dealer ship. HAhaaaaa. A first! He looks at the selector knob. He exclaims its in 4 high not 4 low on the knob. I say YEPPER! SEE! He then selects 4 low and back and to 2 high and all is good with wrench lit. So I put it in the shop for that, heated seat inop and the drivers seat had an issue with rocking or loose tracks. They keep the truck 3 days. Installed new heater element in seat, Replaced the seat tracks and replaced the transfer case motor. I guess the motor that selects between 2 high, and 4 high and low. I am skeptical but I went and tried it out several times and it seems to be working. I asked if there could be any hidden damage from the slamming into low while moving and he said the tech checked the fluid for debris and found none. I wonder how he did that without replacing fluids? We will see in a few weeks when I go to the land. I know this was long winded but has anyone else had this issue? Any damage? BDRAG [/QUOTE]
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