Hello anyone,
I have a Gremlin(issue) in my chargeing system.
When I start the car in the mourning here in california( about 40 degree average) my car starts and the battery indicator goes to L(no Charge). the car runs fine, drives and all aceessories work fine. If I wait for about 15 minutes and stop the car, pull the key out and retstart the car, the car starts fine, runs and the battery indicator goes to the middle and stays.
Durring the attack of this issue I have seen codes for a bad alternator, PCM, bad battery sensor and low voltage.

I have replaced the following;
The PCM/ECM
The battery sensor,
The Spark plugs,
The spark plug wires,
The battery
The positive cable
The battery hold down
The 50 amp fuse for chargeing system
the alternator
I have cleaned all connections for the ECM/PCM, fuse box and connectors.
It was durring this process I noticed corosion on the positive cable.

I have performed numerous code searches durring event and after and have now placed an order for a new scanner in case the borrowed unit I have is faulty.

The vehicle is a 2002 dodge dakota SXT 5 speed 6 cylinder with 190,000 miles on it. It has mostly highway miles. It has never been hit. It is in prime shape.

I am considering a negitive cable next if i can find one.
Thoughts

Bob West
Bob.west18@yahoo.com

Help me Cecil, Help Me.

 

Thank you to the forum member who posted the comands for checking the guages.
BY holding down the trip reset and turning on the key, i was able to verify that all the gauages were able to work as intended or responded to signal.

This however does not PROVE the gauges are recieving a signal, since the test ( from further reading) uses its own signal.

However since i did this I have not seen the problem.: icon_moped:

I am still hoping to find an answer.