Bubbaprice
Junior Member
2008 Ram 1500 2 wheel drive 2 door 4.7l flex, 110000 miles.
I've owned this truck for about 5 years and it has always weird little gremlins that pop up. For instance I've had the tire light come on at random a few times. I pulled over and the tires where fine, then the truck wouldn't start till I disconnected the battery and reconnected.
It went into limp mode after a 2 hr drive same battery reconnect and never had that problem since.
Truck would start but then die after about 10 seconds but it ran fine when using the aftermarket auto start. Reconnecting the battery fixed that. It only happened once.
Currently I replaced all of the o2 sensors as it was giving me a code on bank one sensor one. Since I replaced the sensors it starts stuttering after about a minute. Whether it's just warming up or if it is already warm and I start driving out of a parking lot or somewhere. It does it idling when cold and also does it when in drive, cold or warm when stopped. I've been shifting into neutral at stop lights and it idles fine and I can shift to drive and drive it normally. I unplugged all o2 sensors and it seemed to run fine for a minute, idling fine. But when I test drove it, it misfired a few times and threw a code. (don't remember code)
I've read other forums and seen similar problems but they don't seem to be quite the same. Usually there are a lot of suggestions on what could be causing this such as IAC, MAP, Crank position sensor, etc.
I also cleaned the throttle body. It wasn't very dirty and acted the same after reinstalling it. The truck has always had a very sluggish acceleration which I believe is due to the delay set from the pedal to the throttle body and could be normal.
I'm a decent shade tree mechanic and can fix most anything but my issue is when I consider what's happening there are so many different possibilities as to what the cause is. I'm not sure where to start.
I know it's time for to replace the spark plugs and intend to do so but I feel it is unlikely to be the culprit causing this issue.
Thanks for the help.
I've owned this truck for about 5 years and it has always weird little gremlins that pop up. For instance I've had the tire light come on at random a few times. I pulled over and the tires where fine, then the truck wouldn't start till I disconnected the battery and reconnected.
It went into limp mode after a 2 hr drive same battery reconnect and never had that problem since.
Truck would start but then die after about 10 seconds but it ran fine when using the aftermarket auto start. Reconnecting the battery fixed that. It only happened once.
Currently I replaced all of the o2 sensors as it was giving me a code on bank one sensor one. Since I replaced the sensors it starts stuttering after about a minute. Whether it's just warming up or if it is already warm and I start driving out of a parking lot or somewhere. It does it idling when cold and also does it when in drive, cold or warm when stopped. I've been shifting into neutral at stop lights and it idles fine and I can shift to drive and drive it normally. I unplugged all o2 sensors and it seemed to run fine for a minute, idling fine. But when I test drove it, it misfired a few times and threw a code. (don't remember code)
I've read other forums and seen similar problems but they don't seem to be quite the same. Usually there are a lot of suggestions on what could be causing this such as IAC, MAP, Crank position sensor, etc.
I also cleaned the throttle body. It wasn't very dirty and acted the same after reinstalling it. The truck has always had a very sluggish acceleration which I believe is due to the delay set from the pedal to the throttle body and could be normal.
I'm a decent shade tree mechanic and can fix most anything but my issue is when I consider what's happening there are so many different possibilities as to what the cause is. I'm not sure where to start.
I know it's time for to replace the spark plugs and intend to do so but I feel it is unlikely to be the culprit causing this issue.
Thanks for the help.
