At 08:50 PM 1/19/00 -0600, you wrote:
>My dad was driving down the freeway, going about 75, in his 1996 Ram Van
>with the 5.2 V8 and the auto tranny. The check engine light came on, and
>he was low on gas. He coasted for about a minute or two, but upon
>realizing there was still gas, he accelerated. At about 35mph, he could
>here the engine laboring a lot harder than usual, on level road. It
>sounded as if he was going uphill towing a 5,000lb. trailer, floored.
>What are some of the possible things that could have gone wrong? Thank
>you for trying to help me with this matter. Joe Thomson
It sounds like whatever problem caused the check engine light to come on
was serious enough for the computer to go into limp mode. Try pulling
the code(s) to pinpoint the cause.
Bob. Southern Ontario, Canada.
'97 Dakota CC Sport, FR, 5.2L, 3.55 SG, auto.
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