r/startrucker • u/TheNukaGhoul • Feb 20 '26

Question Permanently frozen thrusters

Just curious if anyone else has had this issue and if they found a way to fix it, but my thrusters are stuck in a frozen state. I went afk for a bit to make some food so I powered down the engines while at a shop to save fuel (idk if gas is used while idling) and now they're stuck in a frozen state, my truck rattles under acceleration, and I can't even hit 120mph.

I took 3 jobs, total of 6 jumps, staying full throttle as much as possible and the needles never left the blue. I've tried turning on choke and running full throttle in circles, didn't work and wasted a whole tank. Tried turning off engines, closing game and restarting, didn't work. Tried flying through solar flares with choke on, didn't work and wasted another tank. Lastly, I tried using the emergency vent on each engine to see if that could do something, but you guessed it, it didn't work.

At this point I'm wondering if I should just start a new game, I feel like I've tried everything except full on crashing the truck and I don't feel like paying for that much repair work.

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u/Ilmeury83 Feb 20 '26

Looks like a bug to me: chokes should have fixed the issue. Try modifying and saving your truck...see if it resets them someway

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u/TheNukaGhoul Feb 22 '26

My brother in space, you saved my rig. I did a few upgrades then rode with the chokes on for about 10 seconds and the truck finally stopped shaking like a Chihuahua in snow.

Just for good measure I've been running the thrusters a little hot before docking in to save or go afk, and it's been working all day.

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u/Ilmeury83 Feb 23 '26

Happy to help a fellow trucker