u/Fearless-Suze

I have a 4yr old Traeger, up until now its been flawless. It's also my 3rd Traeger, so I'm used to clearing the auger, replacing the hot rod and general maintenance. Today I replaced the hot rod thinking it was my problem but it isn't. I turn the machine on to Smoke. I can see the hotrod heating - but never to RED hot. Everything is working, the fan, the thermocouple, the auger, but nothing is coming to near correct temp and then the motor stops, but there's still heat (just not enough) going to the hot rod. A reset and try again. Same result. over and over. 82ºF and it shuts off. The auger is not getting stuck anywhere either. HELP!!!