Sabotage?!

[sotxbill]

Too much to be coincidental damage. I would bet a steak on it being someone with knowledge that did that. There should be a vote on this page for what happened. Surprised that they did not take the tail gate and spare, if a common thief. Tippy Canoe and Tyler too!!!

 

[NDIHC]

Security camera footage from the hotel would be interesting to see! But like they say hindsight is 20/20. Who would have thought about that in the moment? I probably wouldn't have.

 

[NDIHC]

Might have been the guys evicted or the dealer wanting more money. I DO NOT TRUST DEALERS either. RB

If it was the dealer looking for more money I'd think they would have replaced the EGT even if it didn't really need it. But then I don't blindly trust anyone either.

 

[MarkB_MI]

Too much to be coincidental damage. I would bet a steak on it being someone with knowledge that did that. There should be a vote on this page for what happened. Surprised that they did not take the tail gate and spare, if a common thief. Tippy Canoe and Tyler too!!!

The tailgate was locked, and it would have taken too long to steal the spare, considering an old tire mounted on a steel rim isn't worth much. It seems the intent was to strand me 1200 miles from home someplace where it would be difficult to get my vehicle repaired. Yeah, I think they knew what they were doing; as I've mentioned before the prime suspects have been performing diesel emissions deletes.

Although I've been deliberately vague about where this happened, I feel I should give a shout-out to the guys who got me back on the road: Corey at Transwest Chevrolet in Sterling is the technician who quickly found and fixed the problem. And service manager Jim was very helpful, too.