BlueDemionDodge
Junior Member
I hope im posting this in the right area since i didnt see where to post help request...
I have a 2001 Dodge Ram 1500 5.9L Sport and i have ran into a full brick wall that i cant figure out and feel my mechanic has mislead me.
So I'm going to use estimated dates because my notebook with everything hand written in my truck which is stuck in Nebraska so please excuse the time line.
So approx. 2 months ago I got home from work then hand to run to the store and then came back home and backed in my driveway and then went to leave the next morning to go to work, well i had crank no fire. So i looked it up on google and tried to figure out the problem. I replaced all spark plugs & wires then i was still in the same boat so then i replaced the distributor & coil & the other part within that area and again i had crank no fire. So after watching more videos and reaching out to a friend that has a dodge 2500 he told me to check the PCM/ECM and which then when i pull the GREY plug out it was burnt with a brown liquid substance on the "AUTO SHUT DOWN RELAY OUTPUT" and then the rest of the plugs to the PCM/ECM was like new. So i ordered a new PCM/ECM and then i installed it. I then fired the truck and it fired right up however i went to pull outta my garage and then lost all power again and then ran into the same issue all over again. I repeated this 1 more time and then ended up taking it a shop since i couldnt figure it out. I have check all the ground wires to the best that i know and replaced one that was cracked... Then when the shop got the truck they said it was the "Cam Shaft Position Sensor" sending to low of voltage to the computer. Then i got it back after 800.00 laters and it was running prefect for the last month. I decided to take my little pull behind camper to Nebraska one last time this past weekend and it was running smooth no lights no weak points. I started up a small hill behind 2 loaded gravel trucks and hit the tow haul on the shifter and lost all power. I kept my foot in the floor board hoping it would come back and which it did and i took it off the side of the road. I didnt cause damage to the truck just needed to get out of the lane of traffic.... i opened the hood and found that the "Auto Shut Down Relay Output" was fried again... im currently waiting for a new computer again to bring it back to colorado.
I hope this is enough to get some kind of help with what else would be causing me to go threw the PCM/ECM left and right.... This time has stood out more because I drove it for a month no problems and then pulled without hitting tow haul no problems and then now all of a sudden i hit the tow haul and loss everything and fry the computer again....
Thanks!!
I have a 2001 Dodge Ram 1500 5.9L Sport and i have ran into a full brick wall that i cant figure out and feel my mechanic has mislead me.
So I'm going to use estimated dates because my notebook with everything hand written in my truck which is stuck in Nebraska so please excuse the time line.
So approx. 2 months ago I got home from work then hand to run to the store and then came back home and backed in my driveway and then went to leave the next morning to go to work, well i had crank no fire. So i looked it up on google and tried to figure out the problem. I replaced all spark plugs & wires then i was still in the same boat so then i replaced the distributor & coil & the other part within that area and again i had crank no fire. So after watching more videos and reaching out to a friend that has a dodge 2500 he told me to check the PCM/ECM and which then when i pull the GREY plug out it was burnt with a brown liquid substance on the "AUTO SHUT DOWN RELAY OUTPUT" and then the rest of the plugs to the PCM/ECM was like new. So i ordered a new PCM/ECM and then i installed it. I then fired the truck and it fired right up however i went to pull outta my garage and then lost all power again and then ran into the same issue all over again. I repeated this 1 more time and then ended up taking it a shop since i couldnt figure it out. I have check all the ground wires to the best that i know and replaced one that was cracked... Then when the shop got the truck they said it was the "Cam Shaft Position Sensor" sending to low of voltage to the computer. Then i got it back after 800.00 laters and it was running prefect for the last month. I decided to take my little pull behind camper to Nebraska one last time this past weekend and it was running smooth no lights no weak points. I started up a small hill behind 2 loaded gravel trucks and hit the tow haul on the shifter and lost all power. I kept my foot in the floor board hoping it would come back and which it did and i took it off the side of the road. I didnt cause damage to the truck just needed to get out of the lane of traffic.... i opened the hood and found that the "Auto Shut Down Relay Output" was fried again... im currently waiting for a new computer again to bring it back to colorado.
I hope this is enough to get some kind of help with what else would be causing me to go threw the PCM/ECM left and right.... This time has stood out more because I drove it for a month no problems and then pulled without hitting tow haul no problems and then now all of a sudden i hit the tow haul and loss everything and fry the computer again....
Thanks!!