2004 hemi stall/hesitation jerk....HELP
Champion
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Help....
Sounds like the same problem I'm having. Dealership can't seem to fix my problem and it also gets worse when it rains. My Durango jerks and the dash goes crazy. Everything shuts off then back on while I'm driving.... Scares me to death. My husband is deployed right now and I have nobody to carry it to check it out. A dealership kept it 2 weeks and I rented a car during that time.... Got my Durango back, and about 3 weeks later I'm having the exact same problem. I'm a 1 owner, well taken care of, keep all my oil changes and other stuff done as needed. Any help to tell this dealership where to look for this problem world be greatly APPERCIATED! It has flashing light on in the dash also.
Sounds like the same problem I'm having. Dealership can't seem to fix my problem and it also gets worse when it rains. My Durango jerks and the dash goes crazy. Everything shuts off then back on while I'm driving.... Scares me to death. My husband is deployed right now and I have nobody to carry it to check it out. A dealership kept it 2 weeks and I rented a car during that time.... Got my Durango back, and about 3 weeks later I'm having the exact same problem. I'm a 1 owner, well taken care of, keep all my oil changes and other stuff done as needed. Any help to tell this dealership where to look for this problem world be greatly APPERCIATED! It has flashing light on in the dash also.
1) What year is it and engine does it have?
2) What light is "flashing" on the dash?
3) What did the dealer do that temporarily fixed the problem? (read the copy of the work order that you were given by them)
4) Does this happen only when moving or does it happen when you are sitting at Idle too?
5) When it happens what else shuts off? Radio? Headlights? Do the brakes get mushy?
6) Are you able to "force" it to happen? or is it "completely random"?
Those questions will help steer us towards a possible solution.
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I have a 03, 5.7 hemi with the hunting, surging idle at under 1000rpm. Once above 1000rpm it runs fine, this is what the shop has done so far:
Replace throttle by wire/ throttle body
new battery (still had original factory one)
Ran great for a month or so then hesitation returned at low rpm. Since then I tried disconnecting the battery and touching the cables together to drain the main circuit board capacitors. The darn thing runs excellent for a week then same ol same ol again?? is it a vacuum leak or the main board?? never any codes on he dash.
Replace throttle by wire/ throttle body
new battery (still had original factory one)
Ran great for a month or so then hesitation returned at low rpm. Since then I tried disconnecting the battery and touching the cables together to drain the main circuit board capacitors. The darn thing runs excellent for a week then same ol same ol again?? is it a vacuum leak or the main board?? never any codes on he dash.
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i have a 2004 2500 hemi, within the past month the truck will stall by it self once and a while, doesnt run rough before just completly shuts off sometimes....and i also been having little jerks/hesitatiion while driving. usually happens when im crusing in low rpms. it feels like you took your foot off the gas and put i right back on in a fraction of a second.
I have cleaned the TB its spotless, put new plugs in, air filter clean and the pvc valve is clean.......sounds like a egr to me but there is no egr on this year hemi 2500.
getting really sick of this and is dangerous when stalls while driving.
any ideas or anyone have this problem thanks
I have cleaned the TB its spotless, put new plugs in, air filter clean and the pvc valve is clean.......sounds like a egr to me but there is no egr on this year hemi 2500.
getting really sick of this and is dangerous when stalls while driving.
any ideas or anyone have this problem thanks
Champion
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From: New Jersey
That actually makes perfect sense, b/c when you disconnect the battery and discharge everything it resets the PCM fuel maps which are modified based on the feedback the Oxygen sensors send to the PCM... Basically it's a fine tuning adjustment that the PCM "learns" and stores to adjust the base fuel map, because every truck's engine runs slightly differently.
Glad you figured it out.
Glad you figured it out.
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03 ram 1500 help
hello new member here was wondering if any one has a problem with the truck hesitating an just running like crap.its hard to start feels like its starving for gas changed plugs am at a loss please help thank u guys.
Captain
Joined: Jun 2012
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From: East Coast
most of these guys want know what the symptoms are. Difficult to diagnose over the net. Aside from hesitating and running like crap. Changed the plenum yet? If not cat might be clogging.<---If so remove the upstream or 1st O2 sensor and see if anything changes then. Changed the IAC yet? Getting a CEL or missing? Runs bad only at idle or always? More info the better...
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03 ram 1500 help
hey pat thanx for getting back to me the engine idle goes up an down sometimes to the point of stalling .i disconnected both o2 sensors an no change im thinking sensors but not sure did not change plenum.
Captain
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Only remove the upstream o2 btw when testing for a clogging/clogged cat. CEL on?
Last edited by It's Me Patt; Oct 10, 2014 at 07:04 AM.