On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 11:34, Jason Bleazard <jason.dml@bleazard.net> wrote:
>
> On Tue, December 6, 2011 12:33 am, Mike & Sharon Higgins wrote:
>>
>> My 1999 Dakota, 5.2 (318) Magnum, 5 speed has lit the "Check Engine"
>> Light.
>> I thought that I remembered once that some of the older models could be
>> "read" by turning the key on and off with a certain sequence, then count
>> the flashes, but I don't remember quite what the sequence is.
>
> Start with the key off, then turn it ON-OFF-ON-OFF-ON and leave it on.
> Note that's ON as in RUN, not START. I think the computer needs to see the
> whole sequence within 5 seconds. As someone else mentioned, there were a
> couple of years where that didn't work, although I know it worked in 1995
> and 2001. I guess try it and find out.
I'm pretty sure it worked on my '99.
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