Truck stalls or RPMs when i come to a stop
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Truck stalls or RPMs when i come to a stop
Well when i slow down or come to a stop my trucks RPMs slow way down and alot of the times it stalls. I am able to start it up with no problems but not sure whats going on. i was getting on the road after a stop last night and my check engin light came on and then i lost my transmission. I was not able to go into any gears for a few minuts then i got it to work and drove to the dealer. the dealer hooked my truck up to the computer and got a code P0700. a common trouble he was able to reset it. So can anybody help me out?
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RE: Truck stalls or RPMs when i come to a stop
The dealer should have known to re-flash your PCM while he had it. There is a TSB about low idle and stalling. There is a software update that all dealers have to fix the problem...
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RE: Truck stalls or RPMs when i come to a stop
I had this problem with a 88 ford ranger that i had, took it in and found out thatapiston was cracked and jammed in the resesive position and it caused my whole drivetrain to go, the transmisiion ended up needing to be replaced after they replaced the piston. I'd have them check your pistons and rings just to be sure and maybe grease them. It cost me about 3000 to fix, so not very cheap.
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RE: Truck stalls or RPMs when i come to a stop
ORIGINAL: soccerstud
I had this problem with a 88 ford ranger that i had, took it in and found out thatapiston was cracked and jammed in the resesive position and it caused my whole drivetrain to go, the transmisiion ended up needing to be replaced after they replaced the piston. I'd have them check your pistons and rings just to be sure and maybe grease them. It cost me about 3000 to fix, so not very cheap.
I had this problem with a 88 ford ranger that i had, took it in and found out thatapiston was cracked and jammed in the resesive position and it caused my whole drivetrain to go, the transmisiion ended up needing to be replaced after they replaced the piston. I'd have them check your pistons and rings just to be sure and maybe grease them. It cost me about 3000 to fix, so not very cheap.
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ORIGINAL: MoparRob
lol how would they manage that one???
ORIGINAL: soccerstud
I had this problem with a 88 ford ranger that i had, took it in and found out thatapiston was cracked and jammed in the resesive position and it caused my whole drivetrain to go, the transmisiion ended up needing to be replaced after they replaced the piston. I'd have them check your pistons and rings just to be sure and maybe grease them. It cost me about 3000 to fix, so not very cheap.
I had this problem with a 88 ford ranger that i had, took it in and found out thatapiston was cracked and jammed in the resesive position and it caused my whole drivetrain to go, the transmisiion ended up needing to be replaced after they replaced the piston. I'd have them check your pistons and rings just to be sure and maybe grease them. It cost me about 3000 to fix, so not very cheap.
and Ian, 80% of the people with low idle/stalling issues are fixed by a software update. The other things to look at are a bad EGR valve or a really dirty throttle body. It's always one of the three.