Re: Strange electrical problem

From: Don (don@y2kota.us)
Date: Thu Mar 19 2009 - 10:32:54 EDT


I didn't see the other reply when I replied. Sorry about the late info.

Don
www.Y2KOTA.us

Don wrote:
>
> Being electrical, My gut feeling says "battery". Is it old? OEM? That
> would be a the 1st place I would check. They do funny things as they
> are getting to to die.
>
> Don
> www.Y2KOTA.us
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> David Gersic wrote:
>> '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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