Limp mode is scary!!!....I think
 

Ok so my friends wanted to go for a ride in my truck at about 10pm. I picked up my first Friend...did a couple runs in the 90hp setting. Then met up with others at a gas station where I switched to 220hp setting. I went down a straight road and about 2 miles on the 220 setting going down hill at around 70mph I pushed down a little more a BOOOOM. The rpms sky rocket and check engine light comes on. Almost as if it down shifted 2 gears. I POO POOED a couple bricks,then find a drive way to turn around. I put in reverse...nothing. acting like its in N. But its in R.
Now my friend said that the blcok that shows u what gear your in was blinking over R. (Don't remember this). Anyways the people inside the house im at start turning on light and looking out.
Turn off truck,and on.
I try to go in reverse again. Nothing ....only revs. I POO POOED more bricks AND TINKLED IN MY SEAT A LITTLE thinking the driveshaft fell off.
(Stupid me) so I scan for codes and nothing. I switch back to the stock setting. It worked thank god.

Its been fine since then.
Was that limp mode? why didn't reverse working?

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Ive never hit limp mode, but i've been told you have to turn the truck off, turn the key to run (not start), hit the pedal X amount of times to reset... Similar to the oil change light... I've never had to try it, but this is what i was told at the races last weekend...

I've also heard that limp drops you down to 3rd gear or something like that...but as i've said, i have no experience with this cause if mine breaks, i'm out of a ride... :w2:

ya the best way to go about it is dont beat on it. out here my truck goes into a shop for nothing except it will go in for a little make-up in the spring so its all 1 color again. i break it i fix it. start doin that and you'll be nice to your truck

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I very rarely drive that hard

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When driving it hard, you have to let off of it before it shifts from high to low gear. However it should have worked in reverse, in the past I have always turned truck off, let it sit 20 seconds and off I went. Once you limp it, you might as well upgrade because it is going to happen all of the time.

Oh yeah, nice choice of words, poo pooed and tinkled. I like that, :c:

It could of been a safety switch from the computer to engine/tranny where it didn't like the sudden "steroids"...one step at the time!

Was your battery light on? Because my truck did something similar to yours, I was driving up hill and I heard and felt a big boom and it felt like I lost power and my rpms went up and it was like I was stuck in one gear, so I pulled over and I had no rev and the brick around it was lit up and when I put it in drive it would grind I thought it was my trans but, this might sound dumb but it was my alternator because your trans needs 12 or 12.5 amps the computer to shift and I was driving at night and all the lights on my truck were taking all the amps required for the truck to run right. Hope this helps.:tu:

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Nope. All was good battery wise.
Im almost sure it was limp mode but I just didn't think it would lockout Reverse.

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You limped the tranny man... NEVER Run on the 220hp setting again! If you continue to do that you'll be buying a new transmission. Stock, that tranny can take a +75hp FWHP tune safely. If you go above that you're in the danger zone and you will have to be extremely careful.

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Thanks for that info. I will keep that in mind. I always thought it was 90HP that it could handle?

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