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Old 12-07-2018, 10:27 PM
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I have a 2005 1500 with the 4.7. When accelerating from a stop, it shutters for a second, then it’s fine. The worst issue is driving down the highway. It is shuttering and almost feels like I am riding with no suspension. It is an intermittent issue, but is very frequent. If I stomp on it, or let off the gas, it goes away for a little bit. I was thinking it was the torque converter shutters, so I bought a new one and installed it. It didn’t change anything. Anyone else have any ideas?
 
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Have you tried driving the speed it shutters in a different gear? Is it rpm related? Is it engine related or drive train. With what you have said i would think it could be any of the following; coil pack arcing, fuel injector or pressure, drive shaft u joints, center support bearing, drive shaft splines. It could be anything but those are things i would start checking first.
 
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Have you tried driving the speed it shutters in a different gear? Is it rpm related? Is it engine related or drive train. With what you have said i would think it could be any of the following; coil pack arcing, fuel injector or pressure, drive shaft u joints, center support bearing, drive shaft splines. It could be anything but those are things i would start checking first.
i have not tried different gears. I know it does it mainly when I and between 65 and 75. If I let off the gas, it will stop until I accelerate again. It also stops if I mash it. It has not thrown any codes, but the check engine light did come on tonight. I am going to hook it up to the reader in the morning and see if I can pull a fault code.

 
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i have not tried different gears. I know it does it mainly when I and between 65 and 75. If I let off the gas, it will stop until I accelerate again. It also stops if I mash it. It has not thrown any codes, but the check engine light did come on tonight. I am going to hook it up to the reader in the morning and see if I can pull a fault code.

I bet it's a misfire. At that speed you are in OD which directly connects the engine and transmission and you will feel misfires lol
 
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Old 12-10-2018, 07:01 AM
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Thanks mopar fanatic. I was starting to think the same thing myself. I am going to scan it here in a bit, will keep y’all updated.
 
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Thanks mopar fanatic. I was starting to think the same thing myself. I am going to scan it here in a bit, will keep y’all updated.
Please do as it helps readers and future members.
 
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Sounds like a misfire. Check your codes and plugs as I have a v6 4L sohc explorer sport that's the same way in terms of symptoms and it has 2x engine to lean codes and 1x cylinder 3 misfire.
 
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It pulled the P0300 code. Multiple misfires. Now I just have to figure out which one of the 15 things that causes it to happen it is.
 
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Well the basics are fuel and sparkplugs ajd compression. Usually it's fuel related however in my experience.
 



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