T680 gremlins!

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  1. brsims

    brsims Road Train Member

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    Just a question:

    HOW MANY BLASTED GREMLINS DOES KENWORTH INSTALL IN THESE BUGGERS!???!

    Every time I turn around, another system goes on the fritz! Fortunately, it's mostly minor Mickey mouse stuff, but I have had to work around the Starter Interrupt Relay just randomly deciding "No." Don't wanna let the engine start? Fine, push button start for the win!

    Then, air leaks behind the dash. Thought my airbags were shot. Nope! Brake chamber? Nuh uh! Three blasted connections behind the blasted dash went bad!

    Now the radio just randomly up and quits! Doesn't lock up, just quits. Now power, no nothing. Then it fires right back up again. Checked the fuses, ran the wiring, even replaced the radio unit.

    Replaced the fuse completely...AGAIN! We'll see.

    Oh, and the right side power mirror hasn't worked since I got the truck. Hopefully, it's just the motor. I'll fix it....eventually. And the windshield wiper motor doesn't have "high". Intermittent works fine, "low" works fine. Just no high speed wipers. That'll get fixed next.

    Seriously, can I transplant these gremlins to someone else's vehicle? Got a few targets in mind....
     
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  3. shatteredsquare

    shatteredsquare Road Train Member

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    7 years of bouncing is a lot of bouncing
     
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  4. brsims

    brsims Road Train Member

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    Especially when the truck came out of Michigan, originally!

    That's like the equivalent to 30 years of bouncing everywhere else, right?
     
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    QUALITYTRUCK Road Train Member

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    Yup! Take it from a repair shop in Michigan.
     
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  6. D.Tibbitt

    D.Tibbitt Road Train Member

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    Hell when i was driving a 2020 t680 by the time it reashed 20k miles it already had a laundry list of electrical problems.
     
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