2018 68RFE failure

[nukegm]

Just another data point for the bonfire... My 2017 6.7 68RFE failed at 27k miles Nov 2019. Mostly highway miles unloaded, Occasional towing of 10k, no mods. It was shifting extremely hard in and out of 4th up and down to the point it was unpleasant to drive. I’d check the mirror for parts in the road. Not intermittent... EVERY SHIFT.

No codes. I had it in to two places, one shop kid told his boss “yeah it shifts firm”. One trans tech didn’t even drive it and told me it’s fine (I have a gps logger, don’t lie to my face). Finally after 4 times in the shop for bad trans, a different trans tech drove it on a 2 mile loop per my GPS tracker and then replaced the valve body, pump assembly, and torque converter. He told me it was dog* to drive. Yeah, I knew that. It was in and out of the dealer shop in a week. He said the pump was all “wallowed” out whatever that means. I’m worried about something misaligned and it coming back.

My old truck was a 2003HO manual. I miss that truck, I should have bought a manual. This 2017 still shifts like garbage but it’s typical now, not a coffee spilling shift like it was. I still brace myself for that hard hit... hopefully it doesn’t come back.

comrade - i bought the last manual 2500 cummins 2018.... reasons for manual trans :

1. i am a caveman
2. manual transmissions either work or do not. simple and easy to maintain. guess not....

at 6000 miles my truck was at dealer for 30 days with multiple hydro failures. they replaced everything. multiple times.

clutches, flywheels, pressure plates etc... everything on national back order etc...

so my " keep it simple " strategy failed. my 02 diesel 2500 manual still rips. and no torque management to de tune the truck like the 18.

cheers!

and screw china for their "flu" and all the stuff they make.