Truck started hard one day and didn't do it for a couple days and it would start hard and sometimes spit and sputter and would come out of it. A few days later the 1693 code appeared but ran fine for a couple days. Then the truck died going down the road and wouldn't start back up. Assuming the vp44 took a **** but just wanted other input 

Edited July 29, 20195 yr by 8320brycemckee

You need to get a scanner and check for other codes. The 1693 is telling you there are more codes. 

Get a code reader and list all the error codes here. Just the numbers.