TwoBallScrewBall

The truck is a 2016. I honestly didn't realize it was in Auto. I will definitely make sure to leave it in 2Hi because I know Auto leaves the Tcase in 4WD and just disengages the front clutches. I pulled the 30A J-Case fuse in position 6 under the hood, was labeled 4WD something or other, not the TCM. I think it's the line that must enegrize the coil on the AWD clutches. With this fuse pulled, I still am in AWD on the dash and I still get the "Service 4WD" message as well as "Service Stabilitrak" now, but the front axle is free. Thanks all

And yes I did drive it after reconnecting the cable this morning, after I got the actuator snugged back down and the front shaft back on the front yoke. It drove fine, but still stuck in 4wd so with the dry pavement issues. So far I haven't completely disabled the truck

So I tried the reverse with wiper and blinker on, didn't work. Actually, I haven't tried a long pull in reverse. I did try a couple short back ups, prob 5 or 10 feet. I'll try a long one and see. I'm an active forum member on most of the places I own cars. This truck was a lease we picked up just to pull this camper around, so being that I'm not tricking it out or otherwise modding it, I had never signed up here. Yes, the name was created this morning. I go by "TwoballScrewball" on a few motorcycle and other forums (I have a veloster turbo, harley softail and a couple old Polaris jet skis right now that I am active in forums on.). I dont think I meant to actually have it in auto, I might have just left it there last time I used the 4WD, which was a while ago at a boat ramp. Yeah, as soon as I felt that spring pressure on the actuator I knew it would be bad news to pull it out. I do wish I could get that front driveshaft down just to release the front axle for the week. Thank you all for the advice, if I do get it to release I'll post here so the next guy has the solution. Anyone else have any ideas, let me hear them Now that I signed up here I'll probably lurk around and contribute when I can. Thanks!

5 month old 2016 with 3300 miles, pulling a 5500lb camper up to the camp site yesterday, got the "Service 4WD" on the dash. The selector knob was in "Auto" and the truck proceeded to lock itself in to 4WD. Got to the camp site with a lot of hopping and screeching, Pulled battery overnight but she's still stuck. No light on selector knob unless it's in Auto. We are 150 miles from home and on a week long vacation pulling this camper around. I read up a bit and figured I would either pull the actuator and manually shift the tcase into 2hi, or pull the front driveshaft. Got up early this morning. Decided to try the actuator first. But as I loosened the bolts and started to wiggle it out, I noticed that there is some kind of rotational spring pressure on it, as well as some oii started dripping, so for those 2 reasons I bolted it back up. Moved to the front driveshaft. Got it disconnected from the front yoke, but the rear is held to the tcase with a sealed on boot, crimped on with metal rings. Didnt want to destroy that so I bolted the driveshaft back up. Is there any other way to manually disengage the front axle just for the week until I can get back home and have the dealer check it out? Help!!!!!!!!!! Thanks.