I have a 1999 Dodge Durango 5.2L 4x4 with RWAL. The car has been giving me a load of problems in the last 2 years. I had the computer (PCM) replaced a year and 2 months ago by the dealer because the car would shut down and not start for a while (10mins - 3 hours). I would lose all gauges but there was a message where it shows my mileage (I forget the message).
A few months ago my ABS light and Brake light started to come on. My spedo works fine so it’s not related to that. I had a local shop run the codes on it and they told me it’s an ABS Main Relay Fault. They said this is in the ABS module and the whole thing would need to be replaced. I am friends with the guy so he wouldn’t screw with me. I just simply though that I could do without ABS and wasn’t going to fork out $400 for the module.
About two weeks ago another problem started to occur which at first I thought was unrelated. I got in my car and went to start it and the car just sat thing and cranked away like there was no tomorrow. I then noticed that my fuel pump was not turning on, and I also had no gauges again. Every gauge was dead and displayed nothing. I thought this was the computer again but I am not sure now. The computer is out of Dodge's one year warranty. Since the first time this happened it has started too happened more often. Also, after 2 or 3 minutes of turning the car on and off, on and off, you can hear the fuel pump kick in and then it will start. Sometimes I turn the car to on but not started and the fuel pump and gauges can take up to 10 seconds and they will finally kick on. Today 3 out of 3 times when I went to start it at different times during the day the problem happened. I took the ABS module out because I wanted to take it apart and see if the relay could be replaced but there nothing that looks wrong with it so I don’t want to start taking stuff off. While the ABS module was out I started the car and obviously the ABS light was on, the spedo didn’t work, BUT I started the car and the problem didn’t occur. I then turned the car off and then to on but didn’t start it literally about 30 times and everything the fuel pump turned on.
I really need help with why the car doesn’t start sometimes. I could care less about the ABS relay fault. What do you all think? Could the ABS's tests me taking it a while to complete and the PCM doesn’t kick in until the ABS module is done? Could the ABS module be shorting out or something and thus the PCM doesn’t kick on. Or do you think the PCM is screwed again, only being a year and two months old? Maybe it’s something completely different that’s wrong. Any ideas about any of this would be great. I really need help here as I am in college now and I do not have any more money to put in this. Any help would be much appreciated, thank in advance.
Chad
P.S. if you are confused about any of this ask me and I will try to clear it up.
A few months ago my ABS light and Brake light started to come on. My spedo works fine so it’s not related to that. I had a local shop run the codes on it and they told me it’s an ABS Main Relay Fault. They said this is in the ABS module and the whole thing would need to be replaced. I am friends with the guy so he wouldn’t screw with me. I just simply though that I could do without ABS and wasn’t going to fork out $400 for the module.
About two weeks ago another problem started to occur which at first I thought was unrelated. I got in my car and went to start it and the car just sat thing and cranked away like there was no tomorrow. I then noticed that my fuel pump was not turning on, and I also had no gauges again. Every gauge was dead and displayed nothing. I thought this was the computer again but I am not sure now. The computer is out of Dodge's one year warranty. Since the first time this happened it has started too happened more often. Also, after 2 or 3 minutes of turning the car on and off, on and off, you can hear the fuel pump kick in and then it will start. Sometimes I turn the car to on but not started and the fuel pump and gauges can take up to 10 seconds and they will finally kick on. Today 3 out of 3 times when I went to start it at different times during the day the problem happened. I took the ABS module out because I wanted to take it apart and see if the relay could be replaced but there nothing that looks wrong with it so I don’t want to start taking stuff off. While the ABS module was out I started the car and obviously the ABS light was on, the spedo didn’t work, BUT I started the car and the problem didn’t occur. I then turned the car off and then to on but didn’t start it literally about 30 times and everything the fuel pump turned on.
I really need help with why the car doesn’t start sometimes. I could care less about the ABS relay fault. What do you all think? Could the ABS's tests me taking it a while to complete and the PCM doesn’t kick in until the ABS module is done? Could the ABS module be shorting out or something and thus the PCM doesn’t kick on. Or do you think the PCM is screwed again, only being a year and two months old? Maybe it’s something completely different that’s wrong. Any ideas about any of this would be great. I really need help here as I am in college now and I do not have any more money to put in this. Any help would be much appreciated, thank in advance.
Chad
P.S. if you are confused about any of this ask me and I will try to clear it up.