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Since you only posted an image without providing any background information, I suggest taking your vehicle to your dealer.
 

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First off Unless your truck is under warranty dont take it to the dealer to be worked on like stated above we need more background but with all those codes id suspect some sort of ground/wire issue.
 
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I was driving in WV with a load on and the traction control light and abs light came on and the cruise control quit working. There were no other drivability issues other than loss of cruise control.
 
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First off Unless your truck is under warranty dont take it to the dealer to be worked on like stated above we need more background but with all those codes id suspect some sort of ground/wire issue.
Any help diagnosing a possible bad ground would be greatly appreciated. Im not the most electrically inclined so anything helps
 

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First and foremost, when you get to a good location, or pull into an Autozone or OReilly's parts store and check your truck's battery connections. And have them do a load test on the battery. All those electrical issues could be caused by a failing battery, or intermittent battery connections. My truck's message indicated to "Replace ECM" ...when the battery had failed ...mine also had a lot of wierd DTC's. You can read a lot of posts on this form just like that due to a bad battery/connections.

If the battery and connections check out good, I'd check the grounds, esp the grounds to engine and body. If they looked good, I'd inspect the fuses and wiring in and around the TIPM (ECU). There's a 'main fuse' too ...which looks like a strip of flat metal. Ive read reports where corrosion under the bolt can cause wierd issues. Easy fix. And under the TIPM in case a rodent got under there and chewed some wires.
 

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do not worry about the Cruise Control
any trouble light will cause the CC to shut down.

Fix what caused the trouble light & CC will work again
 

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Another thing to try if the battery and grounds are good is to disconnect both cables from the battery and tie them together for an hour or overnight.
My daughter had a dodge nitro that would do all kinds of weird things occasionally and that would clear everything up for a while. Eventually I replaced the pcm and it only happened once afterwards.
 

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All of the "lost communications" errors seem to point to a wiring harness issue. Check the wiring harness under the vehicle on the drivers side. Below the brake cylinder / steering area is a big connector that joins the all he "stuff" from the front of the vehicle to the main wiring harness. Check the boots around the connector and make sure the connector is tight. Also, might need to separate the connector to check for corrosion. Look to see if a object kicked up from the road has damaged the wiring harness.
 

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Sounds like the ABS module, I had a similar issue with my 2014 Ram.
 

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