[cdmintmi]

Ive had similar sitiuations happen to me a couple of times too but the message always went away after I cut the truck off and back on. Although Ive never had the traction control failure (until I had a 4 foot steel silt fence stake wrap around the A-arm and rip a wheelspeed sensor wire out).

With me it seems to only give the message after I shift to or out of 4low lock. After it happened the second time I read the manual and it says you should shift to neutral (duh) and should be stopped or the prefferred method is to be moving foward or backwards (1-2 mph i think) while doing this. Ive tried it and it does seem to work when shifting into 4low lock but coming out of it sounds harsh so I stick stopping when shifting out of low lock. When I took mine in after tearing the wheell speed sensor wire off I had em check everything and told them what had happened. They said everything checked out fine. BY the way when that happens you get a ABS failure, TRAC failure, Stab failure, and Service 4x4 message.

As for your freind, Id give it a while and wait till his transmission is being rebuilt. Every owner of a dodge Ive ever known has had it done. A farmer down the road bought 6 of them for his farm and all but one was in the shop within 6 months.