Nystagmus
Senior Member
- Joined
- Oct 25, 2017
- Posts
- 267
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- 161
- Location
- NE Arkansas
- Ram Year
- 2015 Longhorn CC
- Engine
- 5.7
I’m pretty sure there’s been some divine intervention going on in my three vehicles lately. I’ll try to keep it brief, but it’s a long story.
-2012 Chevy Traverse 95k miles: wife’s car. Last December she called and said it died on her and wouldn’t start. The Traction Control, ABS, and Brake lights were all on. Had it towed to a local shop, they scanned it and replaced one spark plug and coil. Less than $50 !!! WooHoo !!!
Wife said occasionally the lights would come on, but never died and eventually went off. Couple weeks ago while nearly 3 hours from home the lights came on, car died, wouldn’t start at all. Had to have it towed home….over $500. Shop said the next day it started up, smoked, then ran fine. Nothing wrong they could find !!! That’s usually a good thing, but I wanted something fixed !!!
2011 Subaru Outback 121k miles: 16 year old daughter’s first car. Owned it 3 months. Last Wednesday wife and daughter took off to Florida in it. 6 hours from home guess what happens ? Those three lights came on. ABS, Traction Control and Brake. I panicked when my wife called. It was already dark (9:30 pm) and they had 3-4 hours to go. I told her to get a hotel room and get it looked at / finish the trip the next day. She wasn’t having it. Drove on and made it fine. Lights went off.
And Now Today:
-2014 Ram Longhorn 1500 (94k miles) I’m driving down the road and hear a warning tone….I bet you can guess what happened. SAME DAMN THREE WARNING LIGHTS !!!! How does this even happen ? Truck was running fine. Stopped by
Autozone (mistake, I know) and used their scanner. Anti-Lock Brake Module failure.
How could three different vehicles, that couldn’t be any different from one another, have the same warning lights come on in a matter of 3 weeks ?
I did lots of research on the Traverse and found this to be a common occurrence. Replaced the PCV valve and associated tubes. Cleaned the throttle body and air intake snorkel. It’s been fine ever since.
Where would you start with my Ram ?
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-2012 Chevy Traverse 95k miles: wife’s car. Last December she called and said it died on her and wouldn’t start. The Traction Control, ABS, and Brake lights were all on. Had it towed to a local shop, they scanned it and replaced one spark plug and coil. Less than $50 !!! WooHoo !!!
Wife said occasionally the lights would come on, but never died and eventually went off. Couple weeks ago while nearly 3 hours from home the lights came on, car died, wouldn’t start at all. Had to have it towed home….over $500. Shop said the next day it started up, smoked, then ran fine. Nothing wrong they could find !!! That’s usually a good thing, but I wanted something fixed !!!
2011 Subaru Outback 121k miles: 16 year old daughter’s first car. Owned it 3 months. Last Wednesday wife and daughter took off to Florida in it. 6 hours from home guess what happens ? Those three lights came on. ABS, Traction Control and Brake. I panicked when my wife called. It was already dark (9:30 pm) and they had 3-4 hours to go. I told her to get a hotel room and get it looked at / finish the trip the next day. She wasn’t having it. Drove on and made it fine. Lights went off.
And Now Today:
-2014 Ram Longhorn 1500 (94k miles) I’m driving down the road and hear a warning tone….I bet you can guess what happened. SAME DAMN THREE WARNING LIGHTS !!!! How does this even happen ? Truck was running fine. Stopped by
Autozone (mistake, I know) and used their scanner. Anti-Lock Brake Module failure.
How could three different vehicles, that couldn’t be any different from one another, have the same warning lights come on in a matter of 3 weeks ?
I did lots of research on the Traverse and found this to be a common occurrence. Replaced the PCV valve and associated tubes. Cleaned the throttle body and air intake snorkel. It’s been fine ever since.
Where would you start with my Ram ?
.