On Oct 11, 2004, at 11:52 PM, Josh Battles wrote:
>
> Ok, so I sit here rather shaken from probably the most eventful drive
> that I've ever had.
>
> On the way home from school tonight, all of the sudden at about 75mph,
> the truck stalls, so I pull over. It wouldn't start up at all, so I'm
> a little perturbed since I just got it back from the trans shop again
> and they changed my oil as well.... Naturally I'm thinking the worst.
>
> Fast forward to 10 minutes later as I'm driving and the speedo drops
> to zero, tack stays up at about 2k and the engine isn't running. I
> pop it into neutral and hit the key, the speedo jumps up to about 60,
> the engine starts, and I pop it back into drive and continue along my
> merry way. This happens probably about 5 or 6 more times along the
> way home. Also, the ABS light comes on intermittantly when this
> happens. I pull into my parking spot and the damn thing just about
> stalls, I figure WTF and just shut it off and come inside to fix
> myself a nice strong drink.
>
> I check everything, the oil looks good, trans fluid looks good, it'll
> start up like a champ now and runs nice and smooth.
>
> I'm thinking to myself that it's probably a VSS gone bad, but since
> it's now 22:50 and I've begun drinking, I'm in no mood to try and look
> up any information. This is where I turn to the DML for their
> opinion. If It's deemed a VSS, I'll probably stop at the dodge dealer
> and pick one up tomorrow on lunch. I've got to get this fixed before
> Wed though, another drive to/from school like this and I'll kill
> myself - just to get even with it.
>
> --
> - Josh
> Lowered 2000 Dakota CC 3.9L
> Above Statement Not True ^^^^^
> www.omg-stfu.com
>
>
OK, I read the other replies and agree with them. One thing to check
that is simple that will do what you were getting is the battery going
bad and not holding a proper charge. Usually when one of the cells goes
bad. I know I have preached this in the past to check when you have
driving/ running issues but the PCM is very sensative to the correct
voltage being supplied to it. The battery has gone bad three times on
my '96 and twice it was a simple not wanting to start anymore, once it
was doing what you described.
I also had my '96 do exactly what you described on one other occasion.
That turned out to be the ignition relay (after checking the battery,
of course). What it would do it heat up and then cause the truck to
throw idiot lights up and stall. Once it cooled for a few minutes it
would run fine again for a little bit and then repeat the whole thing
over. That one didn't have any pre-symptoms either, it just did it out
of the blue.
HTH
Jeff Durling
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