I went to use my winch and its dead, No click from the solenoids nothing. Checked out the battery connections and everything looked A ok.Anyone else had warn winch issues on the Pw? I was also curious About doing the spark plugs 've herd of guys snapping them off in the head and that there a royal B*tch. Im just wondering if there that bad or if this is just bs from guys who couldnt drive a nail in with a sledge hammer. Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

 

I has a warn winch but never any issues from it. Could the problem be in the remote?

 

Three Warns for me over the last 16 years. Never a hint of a problem from any of them. Unless you blew all four solenoids, you should at least get a "click". So my guess would be that you are not getting power to the unit (bad ground maybe). Take you a meter and start checking for where you are losing continuity.

As far as the plugs go, the back two are a b*tch! but do-able...

 

You can call warn. They shouldnt have a problem helping you.

 

Also, if you find you need them, I have a source for the solenoids at about 1/4 the price from Warn. PM me and I'll dig it up...

 

damn, sounds like your winch is totally dead. you should just send it to me, to properly dispose of it. ill pay shipping.

 

Have you tried bypassing the thermal protection? Sometimes that prevents the warn winch from working. At another dodge forum, they have a simple bypass installed to prevent this.

 

I dunno if I'd try that? I've only worked one of my Warns hard enough (tree clearing for ATV trails up at the farm) to overheat it and have it cut off on me. After a short period of time it cooled off and went right back to pullin'. I'd rather have to give my winch a short "breather" than burn it up...

 

Did you check your fuse for the winch to make sure it is good? it's either in the fuse panel or there might be an inline fuse under the battery tray??

 

For these factory warn winches, I have found on almost every one purchase, the problem is the front plug. The cover doesn't seal properly, and the female pin tubes become very corroded over time. What happens is the pins in the controller get pushed into the female ends and due to the corrosion, the tubes break off in the plug back inside where the wire attaches. This is a factory flaw in design and needs to have a recall done by warn. But we all know that won't happen. Best solution is to replace the factory plug from the bumper to winch. The problem is, can't find the part number anywhere online to order 1. If anyone finds that out please post it here for us.