Re: Strange electrical problem

From: Ray Irons (rayirons@sbcglobal.net)
Date: Wed Mar 18 2009 - 22:37:51 EDT


Go get the battery load tested. Seems like most electrical problems with Dak's start small and end up at the battery. first thing I'd check if t'was mine.

Ray

--- On Thu, 3/19/09, David Gersic <info@zaccaria-pinball.com> wrote:

> From: David Gersic <info@zaccaria-pinball.com>
> Subject: DML: Strange electrical problem
> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> Date: Thursday, March 19, 2009, 1:41 AM
> '01 Dakota
>
> Recently, I've noticed something strange happening when
> I start my truck. It's
> intermittent, but I first noticed that the usual startup
> chimes from the dash
> were different. Instead of the normal "bing ...
> bing" it usually does, I get
> "bing ... bi ... bi ... bi ... bing" or something
> like it's starting, stops,
> and does it again.
>
> The next thing I noticed was that the odometer display goes
> out when it does
> this.
>
> Third, which I just noticed tonight, is that if I start it
> with the lights on
> (in the dark), the headlights flash.
>
> It seems like a circuit breaker is opening, then closing
> again. But it's not
> causing the engine to stall or anything, it starts fine,
> runs fine, and
> doesn't do it after the initial couple of seconds that
> it takes to start and
> begin to idle.
>
> Anybody seen anything like this before?



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