Jason,
Sorry to hear about all the problems you have had. On your current one
though, try swapping out the battery. This may sound silly, but a battery
can go anytime; I mean ANYTIME! Sounds like it may have taken an internal
short. I would have the dealer check the entire electrical system. Having
gone through two other batteries makes me think something is fishy in
"electron land". You may possibly have a circuit not opening up that is
supposed to, or maybe a dialectric breakdown somewhere. Good-luck.
Rich - Ashburn, VA
-----Original Message-----
From: Jason Yates [mailto:j_hurricane_y@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 30, 1999 11:05 AM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: DML: My truck's got "E" issues (long)
Hmm, where do I begin and still keep this short . . . OK, I
went to start my truck this morning to go to work and all I
got was a 'click' when I turned the key. It appeared as if
the battery was dead, except I knew that wasn't possible
because I just had the battery replaced under warranty from
Dodge and yes, I didn't leave the dome light or anything
else like that on. After trying a couple different things
that didn't work, I popped the hood, tugged/torqued on the
terminals a little with just my hands and then climbed in
the truck and it started. Still, nothing about the whole
thing makes sense. The battery is like two weeks old, if
that, so the corrosion is very minimal (I had to get a new
battery because the Vegas desert here eats these
'maintenance free' batteries up). The cables are bolted
tight to the terminals. I don't know what the hell its
about and I'd wager a pretty penny that the problem won't
be able to be duplicated if I take it to the Service
department. This sucks. I love my truck, but let me just
summarize the problems I've had: had two transmissions
replaced, had two batteries replaced, somehow my steering
wheel coupler broke and no one was even driving it (long
story--happended while being towed to Dodge service for
battery replacement--I wasn't there) and since they 'fixed'
it, the steering wheel isn't exactly straight (bugs the
hell out of me), the light for under the hood is actually
melted (I assume this happened somehow when they replaced
the battery). That's about it, but isn't that a lot for a
'98 with 21K? I'm getting worked up enough now that I
think I'm going to call Chrysler customer service and rip
into somebody who probably can't do anything for me anyway,
but I think it will make me feel better. Thanks for
letting me bitch.
Later
JY
'98 5.2L 4x4 5pd
Vegas
PS Had the truck out wheel'n and climbed one hell of a
rock hill--wish I had pics to show.
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