My wife drives a 98' Durango SLT 4x4 with 197,000 miles. Here recently we have started having all sorts of problems which is expected with a vehicle with this many miles. About 2 mos ago the truck started to die when you were driving but would start right back up. Checked the codes and the Crank Sensor was bad, so I replaced it. Then the fuel pump went out - replaced it. Now the thing will choose when it wants to start, just keeps turning over never fires, it does have spark. If you wait 10 minutes it will fire right up and run like a champ. Other times it will run fine and die for no reason while you are driving. I can't figure it out. There are no new computer codes showing up, and I don't know where to go from here. Someone point me in a direction please and Thank you.

- Recent Parts Replaced -

Spark Plugs
Plug Wires
Distributor Cap
Rotor
Fuel Pump
Thermostat
Altenator
Battery

Any and all help is appreciated.

 

Cycle:

At 197K, sounds like you are not doing to bad.

Another D owner was having similar issues, and it turned out to be the ignition coil. They are pretty cheap.

After 197k, I would give it a shot.

Don

 

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 light would come on, stay on, and throw 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.