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Please Help! 01 Dakota 3.9L 4dr is stuck in Limo Mode

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Old Jun 24, 2025 | 12:03 PM
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Angry Please Help! 01 Dakota 3.9L 4dr is stuck in Limo Mode

I had to have my truck towed last night. I was leaving an area and didn't realize I was in 2nd. When I got to the highway i noticed it didn't shift so I moved it to drive. The next hill I got to it started to bog down. If I gave it the gas it bogged down worse. I can manually open the throttle to rev it up, but it doesn't rev up using the pedal. I tried disconnecting and reconnecting the battery. I tried starting it and waiting for 20 seconds, turn off , wait two minutes, started again, waited 20 seconds and floored it. It still bogged down and backfired like crazy. This is my work truck and I mow yards to get by and stretch my SS. I'm already 5 yards behind because of the rain. Any suggestions are very much appreciated. Thanks.
 
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Old Jun 24, 2025 | 03:26 PM
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Pushing the pedal does the exact same thing as opening the throttle by hand....

Check engine lite on? (it should be.....) Need to get codes read.

And, because I simply can't resist..... "Limo" mode? How many doors did it add?
 
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