Since I've bought this Dakota, if I start er up in the morning and just try to drive off, the dakota stalls. If I let it warm up for a minute, it's fine. Ive done a tune up, cleaned the Fuel Injectors, changed the oil and filter, cant think of what the hell the problem is, the only thing i notice is that the battery does need to be changed... has anyone had this problem with their dakota stalling?

 

How about the air filter?


These batteries can cause all sorts of issues... I am not totally sure of its your issue, but it may be a start.

 

I swapped the stock air box and dropped in a Secret Weapon WPN-R intake. Even after thenew intake was put in, the truck still stalled. Dodge is out of ideas as too why it stalls on startup if i jsut get in and try to drive. They cant find anything wrong and neither can I. The only thing noticed when doing a load test is that the battery is operating less than 12V. I guess anything under 12 or 12.2 the battery needs replacing. I was thinking Optima or Exide.

 

Mine sometimes does it when I start in the morning, put in drive and "coast" down the hill. There is an all-way stop at the bottom of my hill, and rarely, when I apply the brakes, the torque converter does not release, and the engine stalls. Into Park, restart, and no more problems.

It happens on days that are about 0 deg C (32 deg F) and colder, but not on every day that is that cool. If it did happen every day, I'd do something about it, because we get a lot of those days here.

I almost forget that it can happen, then it rears up again.

 

Yes that's another thing i noticed, since its been getting warmer here, its happening less and less. But in the winter it was almost at least 3x a week.

 

Yea mine does that during the winter right when I pull away after starting. I just learned to let it warm up a minute and its good to go.

 

OK cool. The more the weather gets warmer the better off I am it seems. I have my HID kit and headers coming this week, so the stalling is the least of my concerns anyhow. Still a bit nervous about installing the headers, We did headers on my EX Gf's F-150, and we snapped off the heads on 2 studs. But apparently fords have that problem alot... Thinking of buying a new propane torch just in case. Definitely soaking them in wd40 over night then spraying some freeze off.

 

How many miles on her?

 

59110

 

Sounds like a dirty carb, or stuck pcv valve. Both simple to check