These trucks are notorious about battery failures and that can and often
does cause the computer to loose memory about idle speed, transmission
shifting etc. However it should not prevent it from starting. First try a
new fully charged battery, not a jump start and you may have to press light
ly on the accellerator pedal but do not floor it while cranking. If the
engine does not try to start within 15 seconds there could be a blown fuse
or faulty relay preventing the fuel pump from running.
----- Original Message -----
From: "J Wynia" <jwynia@pragmapool.com>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 9:54 AM
Subject: DML: Not Starting
>
> Background: I bought my 99 Sport (77000 miles) about a month ago and
> have driven it about 400 miles since then. I've replace the spark plugs,
> O2 sensors and the air filter (K&N) to clear up the check engine light.
> The shop said I probably should replace the catalytic convertor too. As
> most of these things are things that are really maintenance, I don't
> have a problem with them. This week, I took it in to get the A/C
> installed. Drove it home Thursday in a huge traffic jam and the check
> engine light came on again. I figured it was the catalytic convertor and
> the new post-cat O2 sensor and I'd bring it in on Monday. Then,
> yesterday morning, when I left to run some errands, it started really
> slow and the voltage was really low. After starting, it was fine. As I
> had noticed the dome light on, I figured it was just stupidity. I ran my
> errands and came home. Then, last night I got in to run to the store and
> it was really dead. This time without anything left on. We rolled it out
> of the driveway and tried to jump start it. After letting it charge up a
> bit, it would turn over, but after one sputtering start, it died and now
> it won't catch even on a jump start. As, to me, a vehicle being unable
> to start/move falls under the 3 month/3000 mile warranty, I'll be towing
> it to the dealership on Monday, but I'm looking for ideas as to what
> might be wrong.
>
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