Truck Stalled While Driving
#1
Truck Stalled While Driving
Ok so I'm having a weird issue with my truck. I tried to do a search but seemed like a bunch of unrelated threads came up. It's already at the dealership, I'm just curious if anyone else has had this issue and what the result was...
Two days ago I was heading to the dump to get rid of some trash. Before I even could get out of my neighborhood, the truck died. Dash lights all turned off, radio turned off and I had to actually turn the key and restart it. I thought it was weird but I thought I just bumped the key or something. I didn't think anything of it. Well today it happened again. I was leaving the gym and I started the truck and it only ran for a minute and then the lights all flashed off and on and then it died and I couldn't restart it. Nothing would come on and I couldn't get the key out. It seemed like an electrical issue so I popped the hood and beat on the electrical box with the TIPM and fuses and everything and then I fired it right up. I took off and headed to the dealership to drop it off and about 1.5 miles later, it died again. This time it only cut out for a few seconds and I could fire back up before I even stopped coasting. After that it made it all the way to the dealership which was luckily only a few more miles. When I dropped it off the service guy said it sounded like a battery or alternator issue, but if that was the case I would think it would cut out for good and wouldn't restart without a jump. I'm leaning towards the TIPM, but just curious if anyone else has experienced anything like this. Any insight would be appreciated.
Two days ago I was heading to the dump to get rid of some trash. Before I even could get out of my neighborhood, the truck died. Dash lights all turned off, radio turned off and I had to actually turn the key and restart it. I thought it was weird but I thought I just bumped the key or something. I didn't think anything of it. Well today it happened again. I was leaving the gym and I started the truck and it only ran for a minute and then the lights all flashed off and on and then it died and I couldn't restart it. Nothing would come on and I couldn't get the key out. It seemed like an electrical issue so I popped the hood and beat on the electrical box with the TIPM and fuses and everything and then I fired it right up. I took off and headed to the dealership to drop it off and about 1.5 miles later, it died again. This time it only cut out for a few seconds and I could fire back up before I even stopped coasting. After that it made it all the way to the dealership which was luckily only a few more miles. When I dropped it off the service guy said it sounded like a battery or alternator issue, but if that was the case I would think it would cut out for good and wouldn't restart without a jump. I'm leaning towards the TIPM, but just curious if anyone else has experienced anything like this. Any insight would be appreciated.
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Ok well they ended up having it for 3 days and they said they couldn't duplicate the problem. I've had it for a little over a week now and it hasn't done it again. BUT, now I am noticing the headlights, dash lights and the interior lights are kind of flickering when I'm driving. I don't know what the hell is going on, but something isn't right. This sucks.
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