Todd,
I have been to my dealer twice to correct the stalling problem on my 98 V6
Auto. My engine would mostly stall when I would go to restart it after
having driven the truck for a while. This problem first showed up in the
Fall of last year. The engine would start and run but would stall when I
would release the key or shift out of Park. On my first visit to the dealer
last December they replaced the AIS. The dealer did not find any codes set
in the computer. After a week or two my Dak stalled while stopped at a
light. I also still had trouble restarting the engine. On my second visit
to the dealer in January they told me that my QuickD TB was not on tight
enough so they torqued my TB bolts and reset the computer. The truck didn't
stall for about 2 weeks. On the third week my Dak stalled twice on me. Once
after I lifted of the gas moving around 20mph and once while braking to a
stop. Since last month I have not had any stalling problems. The engine
would also stay running when I would go to restart it. Last week I ran
several errands and I must have restarted the engine 5 time within 5 hours.
I have no idea what may have corrected the problem or if it is really
corrected.
Ken
-----Original Message-----
From: Todd Abernathy [mailto:t_abernathy7@juno.com]
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 11:15 AM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: DML: Stalling/Dieing, 4.7, '00
I was just getting ready to send this e-mail when I saw Kyle's. My truck
a, 4.7, 5 spd, '00. I've not had any trouble starting, but she has died
on me. I got the truck about year ago and first really noticed the
problem when it would die while I was on vacation in the mountains. At
the time a discarded the problem, even though it happened about a dozen
times, as a glitch in the truck, operator error of the clutch, or due to
the elevation. Once I returned home it did not die for months, then did
a few times and I took her into the dealership. They could not duplicate
the problem. A month or so later, one day as I was getting of the
highway, going down hill on the exit ramp, with the clutch in and
applying the break as I was approaching the stoplight she died on me. A
few miles down the road again going downhill, clutch in and breaking for
a stop sign she died. When she dies just the tranny light comes on and
she does not have enough momentum to pop the clutch. I took it into the
dealership again and they replaced the AIS motor. They said it was not
bad enough to trigger a code, but was sluggish when they hooked test
equipment up to it. When I got the truck back it seemed to run with more
pep. Since then, twice on the same exit ramp the truck has died again.
I noticed I had about half a tank of gas the last time it happened. I'm
going, again, back to the dealership, but wanted to see if anyone had any
problems with their '00, 4.7s like this, and see if anyone had
suggestions on what the problem is. I already got some thoughts from
Shane's and Austin's responses to Kyle's e-mail. Thank guys. Any
thoughts welcomed.
Todd
t_abernathy7@juno.com
'00, 4.7, 5 spd, 4X4, extended cab
St. Louis, Missouri
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