failed smog due to emssion readiness monitors

[czoid74]

new to the site not sure if this is were to post this, but i have a 2005 3500 ram 5.9 diesel, and it failed on the misfire and components monitors not ready, i changed the batteries 200 miles ago and the monitors are still not ready , do i need to get them flashed? im in california, thanks

 

[sag2]

There may be a flash for your truck, but before I got too excited I would give it a little more time to run the monitors. It usually takes a few cold start warm up's and driving under specific conditions. The DRBIII has a screen to tell you when you are in the correct parameters for the monitor to run, but without it getting them to run can be frustrating.

 

[p-Bar]

We had one guy on the forum that had the same issues he finally had to go to a referee to get it signed off. Chrysler set me a letter (I have 04.5) that gave me lifetime warranty on the ECU for this very reason. Get me your email and ill send you a copy . You can message me through the forum.

 

[fireman717]

There is an updated flash for your computer. i just had the same exact issue after flash my truck passed without issue.

 

[Regcabguy]

new to the site not sure if this is were to post this, but i have a 2005 3500 ram 5.9 diesel, and it failed on the misfire and components monitors not ready, i changed the batteries 200 miles ago and the monitors are still not ready , do i need to get them flashed? im in california, thanks

It might need the K08 emissions reflash. Mine needed it in order to smog two years ago.
I went ahead and had the dealer smog it after the reflash.

 

[Bob4x4]

The first 2 monitors are ready almost immediatly,the missfire monitor takes a bit of driving.Just this year they cracked down on how many monitors need to be ready to pass smog

 

[Wayne M.]

When did California start plugging into these trucks? NY is still doing opacity. Was this a trade off to get away from opacity? I didn't think these vehicles even had any reference to OBDII. I don't ever recall seeing it on any label. I know the DTC structure was used, and the connector was there, but I never knew the monitors were read.
I do know that heavy trucks went to OBDII with 2014 emissions and got away from the traditional round dx connector to the OBDII connector and revamped the diagnostic system.

 

[Blu-meanie]

California smelled a dime and since we are going to save the world from warming plus pay for moonbeam's chu-chu to nowhere, we play the smog game. I just went through the first one with the hook-up, what a costly joke.