
Everything posted by NBC_Archer
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Immediate shutdown when starting
Mach, Never had the horn honk 3 times, when unlocking with the remote fob. About 6 or 7 years ago, I had my truck broken into 3 times in 2 years. Got fed up with that BS, and had a local auto electronics wizard shop install, a vibration sensitive, Compustar alarm system, complete with a camera to record inside the cab, as well as outside. At the time I was working overseas a lot, out of the country for 5 to 8 weeks at a time. Each time I came home, my truck would have a dead battery. So, I tried to get around that, with getting an autostart/run action that would activate whenever the voltage dropped below 11.4 volts. That tricky little program, required the Compustar remote control to be plugged in and located within 25 - 30 feet of the truck at all times, basically, it sat in the window of the house, looking out at the truck parked in the drive way. Well that was not a reliable system at all, my battery still would be dead more than half the time. I finally killed those batteries. Replaced them with better AGM batteries, that died within 2 years. It is probably clear from the details in the bottom of message, that I have installed a lot of aftermarket equipment. I suspect I probably have some kind of a little bug associated with a wiring install, but only God knows how I will find it now.
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Immediate shutdown when starting
Hello again Jag, Well, I paid attention to my sequences, and there is nothing common about what I am doing immediately prior to the event. It has only happened 2 or 3 times since my last post. Regarding your last post .... no I do not have any horn/alarms going off. In fact this event never sets off an alarm. It just starts, runs for a couple of seconds and dies. I always starts the second time, after turning the ignition completely off and restarting. Thanks for your interest. D
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Immediate shutdown when starting
Jag, Thanks for your feed back, Hmmmmmmm ........ I will need to pay attention to my "last-shut-down-to-first-startup" sequence. Maybe .... if I am not activating the keyfob door lock security, when I get out of the truck, leaving it unlocked ... then get back in and try to start it up ........ Maybe.
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Immediate shutdown when starting
Hello to all, my first question for fellow 3rd Gen devotees. I have had a recurring, relatively minor irritating issue with my favorite truck. Periodically, with no apparent connection to temperature, work load, or time since last incident. I think it is related to the key (fob has some kind of transmitter inside it). I will start the truck, it fires up, runs for one or two seconds and then shuts down. All I have to do, is switch the key, completely off, wait a few seconds, then restart. It restarts and runs fine, until the next time. Sometimes that is later on the same day, sometimes a few days later, sometimes not for a week or two. My fear is that one time, it will not start for me, and then I am dead in the water. I have had a very clever young locksmith who programmed two new keys for me, which work fine, but have not changed anything. So I have lots of spare keys now, but the issue continues to reoccur. Dodge dealers want to sell me a whole new column shifter, instrument package .... many dollars ... Anybody else had this experience? D