New Member/ Truck issue

[ramcharger13]

Hello everyone. I’m pretty new to the Ram world. Have had a 2012 1500 big horn with a hemi in it. Has around 120k on the clock. Love the truck so far. For the past couple months my truck has been acting up. The truck will make some weird noises from the steering column/ back of the engine... it will then kind of sputter/lag a bit then the ABS sensor and traction control light will turn on and the car will drive fine.... this happens a couple times a week. Truck isn’t giving me any codes which makes this a bit difficult. I tried using the search engine to no avail. Any help is appreciated

 

[jws123]

Hello everyone. I’m pretty new to the Ram world. Have had a 2012 1500 big horn with a hemi in it. Has around 120k on the clock. Love the truck so far. For the past couple months my truck has been acting up. The truck will make some weird noises from the steering column/ back of the engine... it will then kind of sputter/lag a bit then the ABS sensor and traction control light will turn on and the car will drive fine.... this happens a couple times a week. Truck isn’t giving me any codes which makes this a bit difficult. I tried using the search engine to no avail. Any help is appreciated

What kind of scanner are you using to check for codes.

 

[ramcharger13]

Autozone had a scanner I used

 

[TRAXX]

Is the traction control light also coming on? The fact that you say its sputtering and then the ABS light comes on makes me think it might be a traction control issue. Check out the below video. Maybe the same issue you are having?

 

[indept]

Check your battery voltage. A weak battery can cause weird electrical gremlins. Also it can't hurt to clean your battery terminals.

 

[ramcharger13]

Appreciate the input. I’ll test the battery first then change out the ABS sensors. I hope it’s that simple. Will let you all know if it works

 

[Tach_tech]

You need an actual scan tool. The one auto zone uses likely only retrieved P codes. You need one that can retrieve ABS, body, and communication codes. Get the codes retrieved before you start wasting money throwing parts at it.