Dodge Check Engine Light
07-30-2009, 05:08 AM
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Dodge Check Engine Light
Long story short, 2001 dodge ram 1500 5.2, starter shit the bed. Check engine light was on and i replaced the starter. Everything runs fine now, check engine light had gone off. This morning check engine light comes back on, any ideas?? When i hooked it up to the computer and the work was initially done, no codes were thrown as to why check engine was on. I was thinking maybe it had to do with the starter or something. Now im clueless, i will hook it back to the computer this weekend, but just wondering if anyone else has any input?
07-30-2009, 06:11 AM
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Re: Dodge Check Engine Light
It's an OBD2 vehicle, there should be stored codes unless it's something really minor like the gas cap isn't tight and it's a fuel vapor fault. That's just an example obviously.
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Re: Dodge Check Engine Light
Key On - Off - On - Off - On (Not Start) and it should give you a "keydance" code, which will help determine without a scanner the basic problem.
Be prepared. It's going to flash something like 1 pause 2 or something to start (Start Code) and 5 - 5 to finish (End Code) Anything between the first series of flashes, and the 55, should be valid, important information.
First guess, cam/crank signal issue, or misfire condition. Something minor it sees that you might not.
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