Well, we finally had the Durango towed back to the mechanic that installed our PCM. Apparently, the PCM is bad AGAIN!!!! Luckily, it's still under warranty, so won't cost us anything but the tow bill. Our mechanic talked to Chrysler, and they said that they have been having problems recently with some of the PCM's they've been selling going bad. Hopefully this fixes the problem finally! *fingers crossed*[sm=smiley5.gif]

 

You should have your mechanic flip the towing bill if he has some type of garuantee and if this repair still falls within that garuantee period.

 

This is not a question but a solution. Our company runs a 1999 Dodge Durango 5.9 V8, which was having problems starting. We have been online multiple times to see if others had a solution and we found that owners were spending 1000's $ trying to figure the problem out to no avail, replacing part after part.

The PROBLEM:
Drive the Durango shut it off - go to start and would crank only - leave it for a while - come back start right up. At times the check engine lightwould comeon stay on andthrow a P0340 code (according to manual and dealers - no Cam shaft sensor on this model - it was throwing a false code). Little by little problem got worse to point Durango would not start at all. Seemed like it might be factory alarm with engine kill.

OTHERS ONLINE TRIED:
Coil; Crank Sensor; IAC; battery replacement; new distributor cap, rotor and plugs; replacement and/or flash of PCM; Throttle Positioning Sensor; Fuses; amoung other items. Brought to Dodge they could not figure it out.

WE FOUND IT TO BE:
Distributor pickup which duals as a cam shaft sensor. This is located under the distributor cap. A $50.00 part solved the problem.

 

[sm=funnypostabove.gif] Same copy/paste post for the last 14 haha, great stuff bro[sm=smiley2.gif]

 

were did u get that bumper i have been lookin for one