Left You Stranded?
10-07-2006, 01:00 PM
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Left You Stranded?
Please do NOT bash boxes here, but I am just curious if anyones box ever left them stranded?? 
I have read about boxes causing codes and drivability issues but have they ever left anyone stranded??
Supposedly boxes have built-in safety features which will leave them in a FAIL-SAFE mode to prevent that from happening.
I have read about boxes causing codes and drivability issues but have they ever left anyone stranded??Supposedly boxes have built-in safety features which will leave them in a FAIL-SAFE mode to prevent that from happening.
10-07-2006, 02:02 PM
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Out of all the boxes i've had on the 2nd gen and the present 3rd gen none of them has left me stranded. Well... Once I snapped a u-joint that I could have blamed on the box, but I did limp home on front wheel drive. The only times I have been stranded was due to faulty lift pumps. "Knock on wood"...
10-07-2006, 03:01 PM
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None of the boxes(6) or downloaders(2) or double/triple stacks have left me stranded so far. Only time it needed a tow in the last 2 and a half years was when the rear freeze plug blew out at the 1/8 mark on the track couple weeks ago. That could be associated with the triple stack at the time I guess, but the boxes and downloader were working just fine at the time
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10-07-2006, 05:36 PM
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The only way I would think of a box making a truck electronicly fail, is if a connection came loose. All modules wont even start if the clips dont latch, so I wouldnt worry about the box, worry about your foot and the drivetrain.
cmon its not a gasser...diesels never die
cmon its not a gasser...diesels never die
10-07-2006, 06:52 PM
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There have been posts about DOWNLOADERS leaving a truck down.Switching programs or going from stock to a perfrormance level and WHOOSH memory locked or lost etc.
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10-07-2006, 06:56 PM
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Just saw this https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...d.php?t=119232
10-07-2006, 08:48 PM
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Just saw this https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...d.php?t=119232
Just so you know the XZT he has is on all the time and has no adjustments on it so it runs the same all the time.
10-08-2006, 02:51 AM
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Origanal Ecm? One post was a buddy that returned his to stock,tried on a friends truck(was from outa town with family) and killed that truck in their driveway until that Monday to get in touch with whomever etc.
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