UPDATE COMING IN THE NEXT 48 HOURS. 9/11/2013
9/16/2013
Picked my truck up from the Dealer on Friday. I was the latest victim of SMOD and NISSAN fully covered both the Radiator and Transmission. I got under the truck and their she was, a brand spanking new transmission; it's good to know that I have some new stuff because this would have been a huge expense. I never thought it would happen to my truck.
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Ok guys/gals, I went camping this weekend and yesterday, needed to pull some brush/tree from a clearing. I had to pull it in reverse so I used the front bumper hook. I was in 4 hi because I really did not think I needed 4-lo here; it wasn't that big of a tree; 8 inch and you could rock it around pretty easily but couldn't be pulled out by a couple of guys. It was muddy as **** from downpours too and I had to back it up a slope.
I ease into trying to pull back this sucker. Just my luck, i'm an idiot and my back and front right tire now have a huge mound (I lined up really poorly) that I can't clear, I get stuck. My wheels spins, I'm shooting up mud etc etc..I played with it just like I would when in snow; I went up a little I went back a little. I have to switch from reverse/drive to get some leverage, now I'm just stuck because my wheels are turning in the mud; so at that point...I wasn't really straining the vehicle because I was in limbo. I was at it for like 5 minutes even after we unhooked me from the tree.
Can't reverse. It stops working all together and the engine is just revving. I had to be pulled out from the back and once I was cleared. I still had no reverse, I went down the road to park in a clearing and while driving down I put the truck in 2-wheele drive; no reverse still.
Drove home this morning with no issues; still no reverse though.
Nothing popped, nothing sounded like it was grinding, it just went from spinning wheels at one point and after shifting from drive back to reverse no engagement and as if I was in neutral. I'm telling you, I really did not push the truck to any sorta limit with what happened yesterday and by god I would be really disappointed if what I did could damage my vehicle because it was very very mild in terms of pushing the Xterra.
Now it sure seams like it could be mechanical right? But driving up on Friday, my Speakers did not work at all. They worked in the morning, no power to the speakers driving up though (Friday). I also had my rear window explode on me in June driving back from work, SafeLite guy said that he thinks there's an electrical issue because the gasket was melted (I did in fact turn on my anti-fog the day it exploded). Perhaps outputting too much current and heating it up just enough so that when I drove over a gap on a bridge and the truck bounced, the window popped.:dontknow:
It seems like a long-shot with the electrical but could it be that maybe the Solenoid now has an issue in the transmission?
I'm going to disconnect the battery and see if it resets anything, again a longshot but I don't know whats wrong and I need it fix soon. Might have to take this in.
It's really bad timing with everything, i'm hoping I could get a couple of guys to chime in with some ideas.
Thanks fellas,
-Jason P.
9/16/2013
Picked my truck up from the Dealer on Friday. I was the latest victim of SMOD and NISSAN fully covered both the Radiator and Transmission. I got under the truck and their she was, a brand spanking new transmission; it's good to know that I have some new stuff because this would have been a huge expense. I never thought it would happen to my truck.
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Ok guys/gals, I went camping this weekend and yesterday, needed to pull some brush/tree from a clearing. I had to pull it in reverse so I used the front bumper hook. I was in 4 hi because I really did not think I needed 4-lo here; it wasn't that big of a tree; 8 inch and you could rock it around pretty easily but couldn't be pulled out by a couple of guys. It was muddy as **** from downpours too and I had to back it up a slope.
I ease into trying to pull back this sucker. Just my luck, i'm an idiot and my back and front right tire now have a huge mound (I lined up really poorly) that I can't clear, I get stuck. My wheels spins, I'm shooting up mud etc etc..I played with it just like I would when in snow; I went up a little I went back a little. I have to switch from reverse/drive to get some leverage, now I'm just stuck because my wheels are turning in the mud; so at that point...I wasn't really straining the vehicle because I was in limbo. I was at it for like 5 minutes even after we unhooked me from the tree.
Can't reverse. It stops working all together and the engine is just revving. I had to be pulled out from the back and once I was cleared. I still had no reverse, I went down the road to park in a clearing and while driving down I put the truck in 2-wheele drive; no reverse still.
Drove home this morning with no issues; still no reverse though.
Nothing popped, nothing sounded like it was grinding, it just went from spinning wheels at one point and after shifting from drive back to reverse no engagement and as if I was in neutral. I'm telling you, I really did not push the truck to any sorta limit with what happened yesterday and by god I would be really disappointed if what I did could damage my vehicle because it was very very mild in terms of pushing the Xterra.
Now it sure seams like it could be mechanical right? But driving up on Friday, my Speakers did not work at all. They worked in the morning, no power to the speakers driving up though (Friday). I also had my rear window explode on me in June driving back from work, SafeLite guy said that he thinks there's an electrical issue because the gasket was melted (I did in fact turn on my anti-fog the day it exploded). Perhaps outputting too much current and heating it up just enough so that when I drove over a gap on a bridge and the truck bounced, the window popped.:dontknow:
It seems like a long-shot with the electrical but could it be that maybe the Solenoid now has an issue in the transmission?
I'm going to disconnect the battery and see if it resets anything, again a longshot but I don't know whats wrong and I need it fix soon. Might have to take this in.
It's really bad timing with everything, i'm hoping I could get a couple of guys to chime in with some ideas.
Thanks fellas,
-Jason P.