Faulty Trans Fluid Temp Sensor Special Coverage

[midwestdenaliguy]

On 11/4/2024 at 1:11 PM, Srode1 said:

Great, mine just threw this code at 122,000 miles - 2015.  So it's just outside the special coverage.   I guess I'll call the transmission shop that's been changing my fluid and ask them about replacing it.  My Truck won't fit on my 4 post lift, and the part is cheap it seems.  I don't feel like doing it myself, too many other things going on in the garage right now with projects.  It's not shifting harsh and I can see the transmission temp is fine on the DIC - it was 155 when it set the code today.  Is there any urgency to get it done now vs just run it for now and change when the fluid is due again? 

It’s been a month so maybe you took care of this, but in my case the truck was still shifting fine. I only knew about it due to the codes coming up, then the needle started bouncing not long after. Since there were no hard shifts I wasn’t worried about getting it in for repairs immediately. Scheduled an appt and still drove it until then. So in my case I’d say it wasn’t urgent enough to stop driving it until it was repaired since the shifting was fine, but to each their own. 

[Srode1]

7 hours ago, midwestdenaliguy said:

It’s been a month so maybe you took care of this, but in my case the truck was still shifting fine. I only knew about it due to the codes coming up, then the needle started bouncing not long after. Since there were no hard shifts I wasn’t worried about getting it in for repairs immediately. Scheduled an appt and still drove it until then. So in my case I’d say it wasn’t urgent enough to stop driving it until it was repaired since the shifting was fine, but to each their own. 

yeah, totally agree.  I won't get it fixed till next fluid change.  I cleared the code and it came back twice, and now it's been a while since the last code clearing.  Maybe the cooler weather is keeping the temperature keeps the fluid below some threshold where the wiring/sensor becomes a problem - who knows.