Electrical problem
2002 Dodge Ram V8 Two Wheel Drive Automatic 60K miles
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We have a Ram 1500, '02, 4.7L. Back in the summer, the battery (apparently) died. I put a new one in and ever since, the alarm sometimes goes off when parked in our driveway. Now (3 mos. later) the battery isn't charging very well again (dead overnight) and the truck won't idle until it's been running for a long time, also dies and has to be jumped.
I'm a decent mechanic when it comes to vintage stuff, but I don't know much about computers and all the sensors that vehicles come equipped with these days. I would normally suspect the alternator, but that doesn't go ver far to explain the security problem.
Any help you can give would be much appreciated.
2002 Dodge Ram V8 Two Wheel Drive Automatic 60K miles
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We have a Ram 1500, '02, 4.7L. Back in the summer, the battery (apparently) died. I put a new one in and ever since, the alarm sometimes goes off when parked in our driveway. Now (3 mos. later) the battery isn't charging very well again (dead overnight) and the truck won't idle until it's been running for a long time, also dies and has to be jumped.
I'm a decent mechanic when it comes to vintage stuff, but I don't know much about computers and all the sensors that vehicles come equipped with these days. I would normally suspect the alternator, but that doesn't go ver far to explain the security problem.
Any help you can give would be much appreciated.
Dec 17, 2007 at 10:24 AM
