Well, the old achillies heel of the Durango raises its head again.
More lights up on the dashboard than a Christmas tree; though everything still appears to work.
I need advise on an experienced and COMPETENT dealer or servicing agent that can get to grips with this without changing every electrical component in the car until the faults are fixed.
Any recommendations of a place. preferably in the Cambrisgeshire/Herts area?
On that year Pete I don't think disconnecting the battery won't work, if it does the ecu will see the fault again and the lights will be back.
And i'll think you'll find a normal OBDII does not see chrysler, DC were a little crafty and didn't make it quite as federal law stated it should be which is open
Most vehicles 2003 and newer use the NGC powertrain controller with the VPW or CAN network interface. For 1996 to 2002 and legacy vehicles using the SBEC or JTEC powertrain controllers,
Chrysler family vehicles (Chrysler, Dodge, Plymouth, Jeep, etc) use a proprietary protocol to access extended powertrain data called SCI. The protocol requires a separate 'SCI Only' cable be used since it share pins with and is incompatible with ISO-9141
I've got a scanner for my ram, when I bought it the Co that designed it hadn't cracked the DC code so it has very limited use, it worked ok for what I needed it for at the time but I haven't updated it as I haven't needed to yet.
My ram is 98, disconnecting the battery did nothing, the fault was a once only deal (my fault) 50 turns of the ignition key put the lights off, if a fault occurs once and never again on a 98 then as long as there has been 50 restarts without the ecu seeing the fault the lights will go out, doubt that will work on yours though.
Like I say, I have a scanner if you need one but it needs to be updated at a cost of $130
Sell it !
pete can you buy a fault code reader from the states- but will probably be $$$$
thats one of the reasons I wont touch modern yanks
try john on 01604861999 at logical automotive solutions just off J15 M1 he is a wizard with yank RV electrics, dont know if he can help or point you in right direction
THOUGHT MOST OF THE NEW DODGE / CHRYSLER DEALERS WERE ABLE TO SORT THESE ??
oops sorry to shout
The 99 Ram, i just bought has just popped up the engine check light
Pete,
OCW (Old Car World) American, in Perivale middx, behind the Hoover building off the A40... can check and sort them apparently...try em
0208 810 4595
ALL KILLER NO FILLER
Nostalgia, its not what it used to be.
AllKiller wrote:THOUGHT MOST OF THE NEW DODGE / CHRYSLER DEALERS WERE ABLE TO SORT THESE ??
oops sorry to shout
The 99 Ram, i just bought has just popped up the engine check light
OCW old car world in Perivale middx can check them apparently...try em
0208 810 4595
just rebuilt a 9.25 rear axle out of a 2004 ram, Chrysler dealer charged the guy £950 for new calipers, pads and parkbrake shoes because the abs light was on.
Course the brake work didn't do squat, they took the cover off of the housing and found 1 tooth damaged on the tone ring and all 4 of the clutch pack bushings lying in the bottom..... they then told the guy "We can't fix it sorry"
if they had the scanner they would have been able to see the rear abs sensor would have been outside parameters...... because it had a chunk out of it and a tooth missing off of the ring
You'll probably need someone with an OBD2 interface and code reader. TrevD's mate who does Nitrous has got one.
