2002 5.9 Magnum wont start
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2002 5.9 Magnum wont start
Morpar-Lover here:
Long time reader first time poster.
I have a 2002.5 Dodge Ram 1500 quad cab.
It's got the 5.9 Magnum engine in it.
It's been a great truck for many years.
Today though something very odd is happening.
I thought i had a dead battery..temps dropped down to 40 here last night.
I took it to Advanced auto and it tested good. 12.8
I thought this was odd since the dash lights would not come one at all, other than the odometer.
When I put the key in the ignition I get the "hey stupid your keys are in the ignition and your drivers door is open" beeping. This is all normal.
When i turn the key is when it gets weird.
I have no other dash lights (air-bag, check engine etc..) and the odometer turns off. I don't hear the fuel pump or even the starter clicking. The motor doesn't turn over and the radio turns off. Then when I turn the key back to the off position and just leave it stuck in the ignition the odometer won't come back on?
This seemed to me like a bad ground or something or the battery was indeed dead. However when I moved the keys into AC mode I can roll the windows down at normal speed, lock/unlock the doors play the radio. it's like everything but the ignition is working.
Anyone have any ideas?
Long time reader first time poster.
I have a 2002.5 Dodge Ram 1500 quad cab.
It's got the 5.9 Magnum engine in it.
It's been a great truck for many years.
Today though something very odd is happening.
I thought i had a dead battery..temps dropped down to 40 here last night.
I took it to Advanced auto and it tested good. 12.8
I thought this was odd since the dash lights would not come one at all, other than the odometer.
When I put the key in the ignition I get the "hey stupid your keys are in the ignition and your drivers door is open" beeping. This is all normal.
When i turn the key is when it gets weird.
I have no other dash lights (air-bag, check engine etc..) and the odometer turns off. I don't hear the fuel pump or even the starter clicking. The motor doesn't turn over and the radio turns off. Then when I turn the key back to the off position and just leave it stuck in the ignition the odometer won't come back on?
This seemed to me like a bad ground or something or the battery was indeed dead. However when I moved the keys into AC mode I can roll the windows down at normal speed, lock/unlock the doors play the radio. it's like everything but the ignition is working.
Anyone have any ideas?
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I looked into the relay and since there are two relays that are the same kind I switch them around and got the same thing.
I also noticed all the other relays were the same kind as well. So i just kind of started to switch things around.
I was testing each time i switched them.
It is doing something different now.
When I try to crank the truck the odometer goes dark and nothings happens.
No fuel pump priming or anything. No clicking from the starter.
But no i cna do it over and over and it doesn't slowly go dead like it was before.
Before this when i cranked it over and over it eventually just went totally dead.
Even though I could power the windows up and down just fine and lock/unlock the doors. The windows of course would go at the speed they normally do.
I also noticed all the other relays were the same kind as well. So i just kind of started to switch things around.
I was testing each time i switched them.
It is doing something different now.
When I try to crank the truck the odometer goes dark and nothings happens.
No fuel pump priming or anything. No clicking from the starter.
But no i cna do it over and over and it doesn't slowly go dead like it was before.
Before this when i cranked it over and over it eventually just went totally dead.
Even though I could power the windows up and down just fine and lock/unlock the doors. The windows of course would go at the speed they normally do.
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So I got another go at the issue today. I was trying to look at the bottom of the fuse block and suddenly I here my "yours keys are in the ignition" beeping go to the slow beeping of "crank the truck dummy." Then I moved it and suddenly it went back to just quick beeping. I thought that was weird so I pulled on it again and it went to slow beeping. I got in the truck and the dang thing cranked right up?
So I pulled the fuse block up and over towards the engine so i could remove all the connectors underneath. I cleaned them up with a rag and plugged them back in.
Then it cranks just fine!!!
So I pulled the fuse block up and over towards the engine so i could remove all the connectors underneath. I cleaned them up with a rag and plugged them back in.
Then it cranks just fine!!!