Dings and P0514

[Turbo1Ton]

So I'm driving down the highway last night (been running like 25 minutes or so) and out of nowhere the truck dings. I immediately looked at the gauge cluster to see if there was a warning lamp on. No warning lamps or anything come on with it. So I file it in the back of my mind. Drop my wife off at the house, go to get fuel. City streets running 40-45 mph (approx 20-25 minutes after the first ding) and I get a double ding. Again no lamps. This is just before I get to the filling station. So I get there and I check the codes and I have a P0514 (Batt. temp sensor-right?)code come up. Odd, I'll have to look that up I say to myself.



So, anyone else ever get a ding and no warning lamps? How about a double ding? From reading past posts I thought that P0514 threw a CEL? Maybe not? Maybe I have had that code for some time and it never threw the CEL and I am just now seeing it because of the ding. Could this code cause a ding? And finally, why would I throw this code while driving?



Any ideas?



Jeff

 

[JHardwick]

Check the connectors on the tail light bulbs. Sounds like a "lamp out"

 

[Turbo1Ton]

So is the 'lamp out' indicator just a ding? I was under the impression that there was an actual indicator. Although if it was simply a loose connection I suppose it might ding and not light up.



I'll give that a check. Thanks for the suggestion.

 

[JHardwick]

Although if it was simply a loose connection I suppose it might ding and not light up.

Exactly. It'll also work the other way. With a solid indicator light, it'll ding with no flicker.



Make sure to look closely at the thin wires on the bulb base. That was the problem twice for me.