Indeed. My '96 never ran well with a weak battery.
Made it do all kinds of...interesting things, but I maintain that the most
"interesting" experience I had with that truck was the hood flying up at
50MPH :)
-Jon
""Josh Battles"" <josh@omg-stfu.com> wrote in message
news:ckgn53$rkb$1@bent.twistedbits.net...
>
> "Jeff Durling" <jdurling@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
> >
> > 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.
>
> Really? Maybe I'll take and have the battery tested then. It is the
> original one in the truck, installed at the factory in July 99... I'd say
I
> got my money's worth out of it if it's time to replace it.
>
> > 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.
>
> I hadn't thought about this. How long would it take to heat/cool? It
seems
> as though my problem was only during movement. I had no problems sitting
> and idling at all. Also, this morning I had no issues whatsoever on my
way
> into work (about a 20 min drive) and I did nothing to the truck, hoping
that
> I could get it to repeat itself and then check it out in the parking lot
at
> work in the daylight. Nothing though, not even a stumble.
>
> --
> - Josh
> Lowered 2000 Dakota CC 3.9L
> Above Statement Not True ^^^^^
> www.omg-stfu.com
>
>
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