Ok, now I know the correct terminology, thank you John Hagen. My mechanic just didn't get technical on it. The 4wd is the thermal activated and it may take several minutes to engage or it may never engage. Furthermore, if it does engage and your turn the engine off, it may not be engaged when you start up. Tom Holland, your response says a lot about you. As with Walt Davies, I was on grass that turned to mush. Where I got stuck, the ground really wasn't that bad or I wouldn't have been where I was. I had already driven over that area once with no problem. If the 4wd would have engaged, I wouldn't have gotten stuck. As soon as I felt the back end slip, I knew I was in trouble because I could not depend on the 4wd engaging to keep me going to firmer ground. I know my truck and if those wheels spin and 4wd won't kick in, stop. Its a lot easier to get it out if its down just a few inches and not sitting on the axles. I want to trade it off for a 1 ton with a manual tranny. I will never own another automatic. As to Kemper's response, I'm not whining, I'm tired of spending money on this truck. Is it too much to ask that a vehicle go just one year without some sort of major repair? If you want to spend $40 grand on a new vehicle, more power to you. I don't have that kind of money and think its obscene that they cost that much. I don't drive this truck hard. The vast majority of my driving is highway with occasional towing. It had 64,000 miles on it when I bought it. In seven years I've put about 122,000 on it. That's not excessive. Here's what I've fixed so far. Entire cooling system (radiator & water pump, etc), power brake motor, idler arm & pittman on front end, new rear end, air conditioner, idler pully, 6 batteries & 4 alternators (it just eats them and can't find the reason), injector fuel lines, exhaust system, battery cables ($200 because they're Chevy), wiper control panel and this is just what I can remember without pulling the repair file. So maybe I just got a lemon, but it sure soured me on Chevys.
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