Towed to Dealer... AGAIN !!!

[polarbull]

Had to have it towed 3 times in last ten days , three different dealers... no crank-no start. 1st dealer Boerne Super Store in San Antonio said it was loose connection to ignition switch. 1 week later same thing, Brent Brown Dodge in Provo Utah said it was a momentary open in ignition switch so they replaced it. 2 days later same problem, It is at Lithia Dodge in Twin Falls Idaho now. Cant wait to see what they say. Needless to say I wont be turning it off once I get north of Fort Nelson on the way home, no dealers or cell phone coverage in that area. Do they still have commutators on starters? I know in the past if you had a bad spot on your commutator it would act like that. Any ideas out there?

Thx Jim

 

[wcjp]

Has anyone checked the lift pump pressure? While probably not known for failure yours could've been built on Friday. I think it was the latest TDR issue that Geno's performed a test with the CP3. They disable the in tank pump. The truck quit within 2 minutes. The CP3 in other equipment has no lift pump. It turned out the Fleetguard filter designed for the Dodge application is very restrictive. I think it filters to 10 microns compared to no lift pump applications at 25 microns.

 

[Jack in Alaska]

Polarbull.

There is a good sized Dodge dealer in Whitehorse, Yukon.

Hope you do not need to use it though... ... . FYI

 

[polarbull]

Thx for the info bout the Whitehorse dealer Jack. Lithia in Twin Falls is having a starter flown in. Their tech said he could reproduce problem by moving wires at starter end... hard for me to believe that other techs didnt try that... we will see

 

[MCummings]

So the truck would not start? Or would not crank?





Merrick

 

[polarbull]

both... will not crank ... didnt try pullin it