Earlier this year I purchased an 06 Sprinter (07 Winnebago View, actually).
The transmission was replaced roughly 40k miles ago with a rebuilt unit by Silver Star Transmissions. It drove well, although during the pre-purchase inspection the experienced tech could tell it had been rebuilt and was not an OEM unit due to some vibration he felt. It was subtle though and I never really noticed much.
Fast forward 6 months and I just hit the road, with a one-time flat tow of my 97 Wrangler from FL to CO. The route is mostly flat, except for a 6% grade over a pass in TN where I was maintaining about 45 mph over a 2300' rise in elevation.
Shortly after this climb I got a CEL with a P0740 error code and also noticed for the first time a "rumble strip noise" at a couple different spots in my driving. If I left off the gas or press the gas pedal in more it goes away usually. At one point it resonates very badly with what I think is the factory jack and makes a very loud rattling noise, but other times it just really does sound like I'm driving over the rumble strip on the side of the road.
I continued my drive to CO which was mostly drama free, except for the rumble strip noise and the CEL on the dash. I have not reset the codes yet, waiting to decide what my next move is. I do hope to continue driving this cross country though and want to try and avoid being stranded in the middle of nowhere! I do not plan to flat tow any more, but I do plan to drive in and out of mountain passes.
Not finding a whole ton of info on the P0740 code or what if any action I should take so figured I'd start a thread here and see if anyone had experience with this.
(Also have a recurring glow plug P0380 and P0671, and a new 02 sensor P2A00 code, but I don't believe any of these would be related).
Thanks!
Bryan
The transmission was replaced roughly 40k miles ago with a rebuilt unit by Silver Star Transmissions. It drove well, although during the pre-purchase inspection the experienced tech could tell it had been rebuilt and was not an OEM unit due to some vibration he felt. It was subtle though and I never really noticed much.
Fast forward 6 months and I just hit the road, with a one-time flat tow of my 97 Wrangler from FL to CO. The route is mostly flat, except for a 6% grade over a pass in TN where I was maintaining about 45 mph over a 2300' rise in elevation.
Shortly after this climb I got a CEL with a P0740 error code and also noticed for the first time a "rumble strip noise" at a couple different spots in my driving. If I left off the gas or press the gas pedal in more it goes away usually. At one point it resonates very badly with what I think is the factory jack and makes a very loud rattling noise, but other times it just really does sound like I'm driving over the rumble strip on the side of the road.
I continued my drive to CO which was mostly drama free, except for the rumble strip noise and the CEL on the dash. I have not reset the codes yet, waiting to decide what my next move is. I do hope to continue driving this cross country though and want to try and avoid being stranded in the middle of nowhere! I do not plan to flat tow any more, but I do plan to drive in and out of mountain passes.
Not finding a whole ton of info on the P0740 code or what if any action I should take so figured I'd start a thread here and see if anyone had experience with this.
(Also have a recurring glow plug P0380 and P0671, and a new 02 sensor P2A00 code, but I don't believe any of these would be related).
Thanks!
Bryan
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