what year is this truck...also if the fan came when in off or changing fan
speeds by its self then it has to be the switch my fan switch did this in my
95 i changed the switch out no more of this i took the old one apart and
found the plate in there got hot and melted making a short out //ronnie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce B" <bruce@coldmourning.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 10:45 AM
Subject: DML: Re: Dakota Issues.
> Come one guy's. I need some feed back. Possible solutions. Anyone ells
have
> to fix problems like these and what where the results.
>
>
> > 1. I hear and see allot of talk about popping noise in front end over
> small
> > bump on sharp slow turns. Everyone has their own idea of what causes
this.
> I
> > have heard it on my truck. I have heard many many trucks do this.
Nissan,
> > Toyota and so on. Do I need to worry about this.
> >
> > 2. TICK TICK TICK from lower end in the morning start up. IT goes away
> "for
> > the most part" when it gets warm. Is it rod knock?? anyone ells notice
> this
> > on cold starts?????
> >
> > 3. A/C.. I recently had to have a resistor replaced because A/C was
> NON-OP.
> > Yesterday I was driving in slow freeway traffic. I turned on the A/C.
> After
> > a while it got hot. I looked at the button and it was off!! Oh no!!! I
> > turned it on and it came back on but then turned off again, then back on
> all
> > by itself. It went on and off like 5 times until I turned the fan speed
up
> > then it stayed on?? What's up with that!!!!
> >
> > 4. A chugging feeling when braking. I would swear it's the brake rotors
> > accept a few detail. At high speed braking it seems fine, it's only when
> you
> > get down to a low speed. Also noted that if I put the truck in neutral
the
> > CHUG feeling goes away??? anyone ells notice this. What could it be, the
> > transmission? the drive shaft??
> >
> > 5. Idle speed. I see on other forums for Dakota that people have this
> > stalling/ low idle problem with the 4.7.. Some have claimed that a EPROM
> > update form the dealer will fix it. Others claim it fixed it for a while
> and
> > then returned. Some even say they notice a loss in low end power after
the
> > update.. Anyone deal with this? I don't have stalling but the idle is
low
> at
> > every stop unless the A/C is on. It always settles at 500 and that's
just
> a
> > bit low. and I can feel it.
> >
> >
>
> >
> > anyway all take all the advice and input I can get.
> >
> >
>
>
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