Re: Strange electrical problem

From: Barry Oliver (barrysuperhawk@comcast.net)
Date: Mon Mar 23 2009 - 00:45:03 EDT


on my '99 I get 3 bings.

A huge percentage of wierd dakota problems trace back to the battery.
sometimes even if it load tests OK but marginal, it still is screwey..
Just my experience that whomever programmed Dodge computers fell down on
the job when it came to dealing with voltage fluctuations...

David Gersic wrote:
> Ok, I went over the battery today, and I don't think that's it.
<snip>
> Can somebody with an '01 Dakota tell me how many "bing" noises from the dash
> are normal? Just turn the key to "run" and count them. I seem to recall it
> being two, but would appreciate confirmation.
>
> Do the "bing" noises mean anything? I'm assuming that whatever computer runs
> the dash cluster is doing some kind of self test or startup test here. Is it
> trying to tell me something?
>
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