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mgriffrus · 07-05-2013, 07:08 AM

Grr! At least I have my airstream. Having DPF/Egr issues on my truck and have to park it on the side of the road. Dealer in Heber Springs opens in a few minutes. I was headed there, but didn't make it.

Ugh. HAPPY FOURTH!

Skater · 07-05-2013, 07:31 AM

I've been in that position, too (oddly enough, also on the Fourth of July). I'm sorry, and good luck getting back on the road.

karenjude · 07-05-2013, 07:43 AM

We have too but it's nice to have the Airstream to hang out in while you wait for a tow/fix

Melody Ranch · 07-05-2013, 07:45 AM

Did you run it out of DEF..? It is covered in the owners manual.

mgriffrus · 07-05-2013, 08:30 AM

No, these trucks have a filter on the exhaust and every once in a while you may be required to drive a certain way to clean it out. Under normal driving (especially towing) conditions its not an issue, but I've also got a engine malfunction light going off that may not be allowing it to go into "regeneration mode".

It's not bad here waiting it out, tow on the way. Have the lawn chairs out, reading a book. Too early to twist off a beer.

I've got to get a ticket made at a dealer somewhere today regardless if they can fix it or not. My warranty expires tomorrow!

cwf · 07-05-2013, 09:34 AM

Might buy extended warranty today with that problem.

cwf · 07-05-2013, 09:37 AM

Our dmax started eating lots of DEF fluid for no reason. 2.5 gallons on 1500 miles is excessive. Dealer put fresh software upgrade on engine controller. So now have to see.

mgriffrus · 07-05-2013, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by cwf

Might buy extended warranty today with that problem.

That was the extended warranty.

mgriffrus · 07-05-2013, 11:03 AM

Update:

Truck at dealer in Heber Springs. It's one of largest around (90-150 trucks a month he tells me) so it's in good hands there and should be only a $200 deductible.
Mom and dad live about an hour away, so now we're tugging Eddie with dads duramax to finish out vacation.
If you need me, I'll be in H loop at Dam Site campground. I'll have the beer iced down.

Lily&Me · 07-05-2013, 12:11 PM

Sorry for your breakdown, Matt.

Hope you are back on the road soon.

Maggie

jimmini · 07-06-2013, 06:28 PM

Hope you had Good Sam to pay the tow bill

mgriffrus · 07-09-2013, 06:57 PM

Update:

Truck still hasn't even been looked at by dealers shop, they claim they're THAT busy. Grr

Left airstream at mom and dads.

Borrowed in laws van to get home.

FYI, it's fairly difficult to pare down a truck and 30 ft camper into a single van load with wife, two kids, and a dog. We're still finding stuff we left that we'd rather have here and not 200 miles north.

Oh, well

steverino · 07-09-2013, 07:38 PM

Wow you are living my nightmare, but seem to be handling it well. I had some excitement on our current trip, but it doesnt compare to yours.... with the Airstream safely set up 40 miles away in Escalante UT, the exhaust system of my truck chose to fall out 7 miles up the dirt Hells Backbone road. After lashing it up under the truck, nursed it back to Escalante, where I found a mechanic to put it back together. It went into regen just as I got into town, No ill effects, but I was worried about 1300 degrees of exhaust spilling directly out of the DPF under the truck... Those exhaust systems on late generation diesels are something else.....

pappy19 · 07-09-2013, 10:04 PM

What kind of truck and what year do you have? Inquiring minds want to know. Never mind, I went on your stats and see you have a 2008 Dodge Cummins. Those were famous for bad "sootbags", the box that collects the diesel soot and needs to regen. After warranty is up, I understand they are very expensice to replace and hard to find. Most have gone to a "non-dealer" and had the sootbag removed. Another EPA piece of crap-o-la and Ford had a similar problem, thus they all went with the Urea tank instead. More crap-o-la.

Pap

cwf · 07-11-2013, 02:04 PM

What was fix?

mgriffrus · 07-11-2013, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by cwf

What was fix?

Nothing yet, as far as I know they haven't even pulled it into the shop.

I got upset all over again when I realized my grill/smoker is still in my parent's backyard. Ugh

Flying Gypsies · 07-11-2013, 02:40 PM

We were on our way back from Niagara Falls for the 4th when our engine light came on- (2010 Dodge 2500 diesel)-the manual said that it may clear itself after a few cycles, and if it didn't, to have it checked. It also said that if it flashes, we needed to stop and get it checked immediately. It didn't reset itself after several start cycles, but it wasn't flashing. The light that was on looked like an engine. Anyway, we went on down the road to Staunton, VA, and called the dealership to say we would be visiting them the following day and they made an appointment to come in. It turned out to be the O2 sensor and was covered under warranty. I hope that yours is an easy fix too...

mgriffrus · 07-17-2013, 04:39 PM

Update!

Well, they finally rolled my truck into the shop today!

Yay!

Five minutes later they drove it out and had someone drive it around for fifty minutes. Told my wife "an hours worth of labor and its ready to be picked up"

The manually put the truck in regen mode (no cause as to why it wouldn't do it on its own) and cleared the codes and considered it fixed.

No sir.

Why is it broken? What caused the issue? I've still got questions.

Now, after a couple of hours they've decided to see why it's producing twice as much soot as its supposed to. They told us they're putting it on a rack and pulling exhaust off from turbo back. Then they would look at the turbo, and then they would start with injectors.

We'll call back tomorrow and see what the story is then.