Engine randomly dies - 97 Dodge b3500 5.9 gas-
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so i kept it in park and gave it gas for a while,took it for a drive and eventually it smoothed itself out? now it is running fine and giving me no stalls or rapid power outages or gauge drops.....i can go out there now and it will start up quick and idle smooth.. is this something that the computer automatically relearns when installing a new ignition switch module?
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I see you posted another post about this, You should keep it under this post as others may not know the posts here on it. It sounds like you have multiple issues. Get the fuel pressure tested, It wouldn't hurt to drive around with it on there either to see if the pressure drops then comes back up. A bad crank sensor can fail(not giving a signal to the pcm) and will cause the engine to die(while driving). Third the plenum gasket fails on these engines and can cause stumbles/backfires and loss of power. Lastly if all others check out your IAC may be on it's way out. This will cause the engine to die after first start.
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yes the dome lights come on. the buzzer and door locks went out at the same time, are they both fed off the same power?
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This problem ended up being my ignition switch. Another issue I found was wires shorting on top of engine from getting hot and plastic sheild wearing off of them.
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Can you tell me where exactly were the wires shortings? I have the exact problem you are describing but I haven’t found my problem yet and the very last thing I have to check is the wires but I don’t know where to start. THANKS
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the ignition switch was bad and fixed my problems when i replaced it. Altho the wires shorting were behind the driver side door panel, if you have power locks and windows. The 2nd short I found was under the doghouse in the engine bay where all of the wires are wrapped together. Specifically the wires coming off the pickup plate (under the distributor cap) these wires lead to a wrapped cluster. Check those.