Want to take my 2010 Yukon XL Denali with 180,000 miles for a family trip from Michigan To Florida - Can you help me make this a success!

swathdiver said:

Good to hear from you. How did your trip to the Sunshine State go?

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bobby2175 said:

It was perfect! Truck ran without any issues! I still have to make some decisions on the transmission to start rebuilding now or wait until it self destructs and put a rebuilt one in.

I go on a 500 mile work trip tomorrow and taking the Yukon.

How have you been, James? Life treating you well?

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mountie said:

If your transmission fluid is clean, don't wait for it to detonate.... All that metal stuff will contaminate everything.. lines, cooler , etc. ( not to mention the cost of a tow, if you're stuck on the freeway)

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bobby2175 said:

Everyone - I think I may have created an issue.

I have an intermittent service suspension system message on the dash pop up about a week ago. It seems very random. I can go on a 300 mile trip and it won't come on. Sometimes, I can just start my drive and it will pop on. I don't hear the compressor running constantly. I checked the shocks and they still look like new.

Remember, last year, I replaced the compressor and air shocks (all OEM) and everything has been great and it fixed a lot of issues I had.

This all started after I hauled some landscape stone in the back of the truck (this is an XL) - probably 400 lbs. Seemed like a good idea at the time.

I was searching other threads earlier today, and I thought I had found a thread where someone else with a later MY had done something similar and then had to reprogram the suspension system to get the error to go away. For some reason, I can't find the thread anymore (or maybe I dreamt it up).

Any thoughts?

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bobby2175 said:

Everyone - I think I may have created an issue.

I have an intermittent service suspension system message on the dash pop up about a week ago. It seems very random. I can go on a 300 mile trip and it won't come on. Sometimes, I can just start my drive and it will pop on. I don't hear the compressor running constantly. I checked the shocks and they still look like new.

Remember, last year, I replaced the compressor and air shocks (all OEM) and everything has been great and it fixed a lot of issues I had.

This all started after I hauled some landscape stone in the back of the truck (this is an XL) - probably 400 lbs. Seemed like a good idea at the time.

I was searching other threads earlier today, and I thought I had found a thread where someone else with a later MY had done something similar and then had to reprogram the suspension system to get the error to go away. For some reason, I can't find the thread anymore (or maybe I dreamt it up).

Any thoughts?

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bobby2175 said:

Thanks for replying, Wes!

I did pick up a tech2...but it won't connect to the truck. I've been going back and forth for over 6 months with the company I bought it from.

I will check all of the connections and see if I can figure it out.

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Geotrash said:

The Tech2 will also let you isolate the problem component, if there is one.

My money is on 1/ the trim reset, and then 2/ a loose connector.

I’ve needed to use electrical contact cleaner to get the service suspension message to go away after removing the connectors from one of my front shocks.

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