1266 miles on the odometer. Owned it about 2 months. 500 miles occurred just this past weekend on a trip out of town. TH ran great, no issues. I've thoroughly enjoyed the truck, and while I would not classify my style as overly-aggressive, I have done some 0-60s (top speed on the recorder is 102, I checked that today), and lay into it every now and then. But I do not beat this thing.
Drove it around this morning for about 5 miles, put gas in it, hadn't really gotten into boost that I can recall, but everything seemed fine.
Made a stop back home for about 2 hours (I work from home some days), and then left again...I was about a mile from my house today when A/C stopped working, just blowing air. I figured the clutch wasn't engaging or something... I'll take it in later. Nope. Didn't make it another 1/2 mile and bells start going off... battery light flashes, temp light flashes... I look at temp gauge and it is pegged. Pull over immediately and shut it down. Pop the hood to find both belts were gone.
So I called Roadside Assistance and had it towed to the dealer. Not a lot of fun in 100^F heat here in Texas, but at least the house I parked in front of had a shade tree. LOL
I _really_ hope this is not going to be a problem with this thing, and unless the dealer discovers the idler/tensioner pulleys are out of alignment, I don't know what would have caused this. I don't pop the hood that often... but I did check pulley alignment about a month ago... seemed fine. Also, I remember hearing the blower whine during my 500 mile trip, and did have to get on the throttle a few times to pass slow traffic, etc. I'm wondering if an abrupt downshift in high-heat during a long drive might have started tearing the blower belt? But if I cannot trust this to NOT happen again...
Anyway, we'll see. My hood liner took a little damage, and the engine bay is covered in belt shrapnel. I did get it shut down before engine damage, I'm confident in that. It fired right up to get it on/off the flatbed.
Will keep everyone posted.
Drove it around this morning for about 5 miles, put gas in it, hadn't really gotten into boost that I can recall, but everything seemed fine.
Made a stop back home for about 2 hours (I work from home some days), and then left again...I was about a mile from my house today when A/C stopped working, just blowing air. I figured the clutch wasn't engaging or something... I'll take it in later. Nope. Didn't make it another 1/2 mile and bells start going off... battery light flashes, temp light flashes... I look at temp gauge and it is pegged. Pull over immediately and shut it down. Pop the hood to find both belts were gone.
So I called Roadside Assistance and had it towed to the dealer. Not a lot of fun in 100^F heat here in Texas, but at least the house I parked in front of had a shade tree. LOL
I _really_ hope this is not going to be a problem with this thing, and unless the dealer discovers the idler/tensioner pulleys are out of alignment, I don't know what would have caused this. I don't pop the hood that often... but I did check pulley alignment about a month ago... seemed fine. Also, I remember hearing the blower whine during my 500 mile trip, and did have to get on the throttle a few times to pass slow traffic, etc. I'm wondering if an abrupt downshift in high-heat during a long drive might have started tearing the blower belt? But if I cannot trust this to NOT happen again...
Anyway, we'll see. My hood liner took a little damage, and the engine bay is covered in belt shrapnel. I did get it shut down before engine damage, I'm confident in that. It fired right up to get it on/off the flatbed.
Will keep everyone posted.
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