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what I was meaning is I think it shutting off on you a year or so ago could be something different than happened this time. I've never seen an engine damage warning. is that on the dash display? makes me wonder what triggers that warning and how the tranny would make it think the engine is damaged.
man that does sound pretty bad. I might have missed it but how many miles? these transmission seem pretty common to go 250k or more miles.
These trannys are bit of a mystery and no one really rebuilds them. I talked to a retired gm tech that said he went to class for these when they came out. they spent 2 days on the transmission and then said but don't worry about any of that, you won't be rebuilding these. if they are bad gm engineers want them back and will send new ones in.
A used unit seems to be the only real way to get one these days. I've seen some on Facebook market for as low as 600$. they do have 2 electric motors in them, but they run kinda all the time doing different things. I honestly do not know if one could have a issue and lock up the tires like that. the transmission control module is inside the tranny and the shift linked is a cable. so I don't know if a can bus failure could cause this or not, but I'd hazard a guess that it shouldn't be able to. I guess it could have also engaged a lower gear at the wrong time too, like say downshift to 1st while doing 50. but I just don't know enough to say.
These don't have a torque converter like a normal tranny but there is a flex plate type of thing where a fly wheel would go that transfer power from crankshaft to transmission input shaft. maybe it broke that?
if you pull the dipstick and put it on a clean towel, do you see any metal? you could pull the pan and look for metal on the magnet inside too. Just be careful 14qt of fluid all come running out. makes a mess if you're not ready for the amount.
so for the codes, I guess you tried clearing them? did they come back? if so which ones? are you able to communicate with the modules with your scanner right now? what scanner do you have? does it show any live data from the transmission?
sorry, all I have is questions, no real answers. for the short time it's running, have you tried putting it in gear and see if it moves?
I fully understand wanting to keep it. I like mine a lot and since I'm basically a mechanic by trade. I hope I can fix whatever to keep mine going too. and I think I can fix most things, as I've read tons of posts and threads about issues to try and understand what all can go wrong. mine has been pretty solid thankfully, just the normal stuff for this generation and I'm Bata testing a different hybrid battery type right now that seems to be going well so far.
the transmission being the one thing I worry about that I can't fix. I've kept my eye out for a used one local, just to pick up as a spare if the day comes. I have read of some wearing out and slipping, but never once have I seen anyone post anything about one exploding internal like yours might have done.
It has 140,000 ish miles currently. I started it today and it will drive in the driveway while the engine is cold and not trying to run on the electric motors. Still in limp mode and won’t go above 3k rpms.
Sorry these are the codes I got today after I cleared the codes from the other day. Truck was just in the driveway today at the time. When I started the truck today the battery voltage went to 15 then mid 14’s