Well after thinking about it today would make DAY 3, so i am pretty much screwed on that one, Any ideas,are the fuel pumps know to go out in these trucks, i am a gm guy, so this is new to me.but my family members have been having problems with their chevys the usuall intake gaskets, coil probles etc, i traded in my 03 s10 that leaked from every place there is, so i wanted to change. But 3 days in this sucks
Cody

 

How far is the nearest Dodge Stealership?

 

About 2-3 miles away,but if the SOB doest run i cant get it there, I am pretty mechanically inclined that why i was going to try to fix it myself, Is this normal for dodge really, its in really good shape with 51,000, could it be the valve problem they are having? Before it stopped running it wasnt making any noise from up front, it seemed like it was starving for fuel, it has a new battery in it, i am going to take the alternator off tomm and test it, as well as check to see if there is fuel pressure.
Cody

 

No its not norm. I just bought mine and its got 56K on it. But check if you have the powertrain warranty and get it towed to dodge.

 

I dont really understand the powertrain warranty i thought it went out when the owner got rid of the truck or the mileage/months went out.So your saying the warrant stays with the truck regardless of how many owners. As long as it within mileage and or months

Cody

 

mine was owner transferrable, when the original owner sold it the warranty went with it, this was verified through DC. So, call DC #'s in warranty book and verify with them.

 

Call the dealer and have them come get it and fix it or take it back. OR Have youchecked to see if you have fuel, spark, compression and air?It won't run w/o these 4 so thats where I would start. if your mechanically inclined get your tools out and dig in. I would check the simple stuff 1st. After you do this let us know what you find and go from there. Good luck.

 

There can be a number of problem with this so nock down the simple ones first.
1 we know you have gas so this can be a fuel filter plugged or fuel line restricted.
2 Contaminated fuel.
3 Air in the fuel system or defective fuel injection pump or injector.
4 fuel pump faulty.
5 check the battery terminal, may be lose or corroded.
6 you may have loose or broken wires in the starting circuit or at the ignition coil
7 it can be just faulty or worn spark plugs.
I don’t think that this is a mechanical problem so if you can narrow down the above first and find the problem then get that RAM back on the road. Good luck.

 

If it ran fine and you filled it up with gas, then it ran like crap and now won't start, then I'd first rule out that you didn't get bad gas...

 

It sorta sounds like you got fuel contamination or the fuel pump went out. Try having someone smack the fuel tank while you are trying to crank it. Just don't run over them....