Hi everyone, long time looker, first time poster. Anyway, I tried the search and had no luck, so here's my problem. Over the last few weeks, a couple times when I tried to start my truck, everything would light up like normal. When i moved the key to start, I would hear a click and the entire truck would go dead. I would turn the key off and wait a few seconds and it would usually come back on like normal, but everthing is reset (including the trip odometer). Just today, it wouldn't reset itself and I had to take the car to work. Any ideas or similar experiences from anyone here?

Thanks for the help.

In case my signature doesn't come up, its a 98 1500 w/318/auto/4x4 and just turned over 200k on the odometer.

 

sounds like the cluster went bad

 

or maybe the computer?

 

So the truck still starts and runs?

If not id say theres a bad connection at the battery or alternator.


If it does run, id check your wiring,,,when i ripped apart my harness i found 5 bad wires.

 

with battery disconnected, i'd unplug and replug the computer.
then clean the battery connections.
see if that helps any.

 

Sounds like the battery terminal is losing connection.