Saturday while moving some items for the inlaws my truck, while moving at slow speed, reduced power to the point where it almost stalled, anti lock brakes were growling, right rear tire was dragging the brakes skidding the tire. maybe ten seconds then ran normal. got to stop sign and made a right turn and at about 30 mph started doing the same on and off for maybe 30 seconds. All the time Advance Track light blinking 3 times then pause, and repeating. Stopped in a parking lot for a couple mins, did not shut off but drove the rest of the way home normally. At home we could smell brakes cooking, right rear brake disk was very hot. Drove to dealer Sunday morn with Advance Track over-ridden and ran normal. Anyone ever have this? What would happen at highway speeds or towing my fiver? Bet they cant reproduce the prob, left no code etc. You know what that means.... I will update later.

 

No responses so I'm guessing nobody ever had this happen. Dealer just called, said there was a code for "high network traffic" nobody at the dealership had ever seen this code. They cleared it, drove it around and seems to be fine and ready to pick up. No reflash per my request.

 

It's the first I have heard of such an issue.
I take it your truck is still under warranty?

If it happens again, definitely disable Advance Trac.
I would also see if you can get your dealer to look at your rear brakes, given they would have copped a beating - you might be able to push for some new pads.

 

Update...service manager drove my truck home last night and back to dealership today, and it did a very similar thing to him. They are digging back into the issue today. I wish this wasn't happening at all, but I'm glad he got to see first hand what it was doing. That's all for now...

 

It sucks that it happened again, but you are right, that it is good that it happened in their presence, so hopefully they can find the issue and address it.


Best of luck, and keep us posted on how it goes

 

Well, this one is on me. Not long after buying this truck I installed a rear anti-sway bar. During the install, I pinched the wire that runs to the sensor on the right rear wheel. I did speak with my service person at the dealership he said I could try to do a repair on it. I cut the insulation back and found two wires. One black one white. I soldered them back together and taped them up and added a short length of flexable wire conduit for protection. All was well for a year plus, but the tech found some varience in continuity of the wires which gave a false reading. A good clue was the brake dragging was the same right rear wheel. So I will pay for the repair, thank God for watching over me and mine and go on. Lesson learned: don't do a hokey fix on a component this important!

 

Glad to hear you were able to find the source of the problem though