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Ok so the steering is tough below 1000 RPM. No signs of leaks, fluid level checks good, serpintine belt tight. steering makes a loud sound/whinning/straining while idle and putting pressure on steering.
My understanding is the pump is weak and about to crap out. The truck is a 2004 1500 4x4 SLT SB 5.7 with 42k miles no other issue except had the fuel tran. re-calibrated 10k ago.
Jim
We have a 2000 Dodge Diesel 2500 4x4 with 83,000 miles on it.(no warranty because we bought it used with 59,000 miles on it)
We were traveling at Christmas in Washington when our truck just dies. It is 11pm the night before Christmas eve, we are on this very dark rainy country road with NO cell service! I sat in the truck while he went out in the rain walking trying to get some service. I mean while stayed in the truck, scared to death that someone might decided to shoot the truck with a shot gun cause it was just sitting there.. Eventually I would turn the flashers on when a car would drive by. someone did stop, and as scared as I was I talked to him he gave me his cell phone (nextel worked in this dead area). I got a hold of my brother and the rest is history. I was very grateful to the nice man that stopped, but I was also very apprehensive to accept his kindness.
We had the truck towed the day after Christmas to the dodge dealer in Tacoma where they had it until Jan 3rd.
The fuel injection pump went out due to the fuel pump not working correctly. This repair cost us a whopping $4400!!
Dodge is aware of the problem. 6 months ago dodge replaced the old fuel pump with a new one and it is now located in a different place on the vehicle.
I have talked to several people that own dodge diesels, they too have had this same problem. Sometimes the pump goes out under warranty and sometimes after. But the problem lies with the fuel pump loosing pressure. Causing the fuel injection pump to over heat and there for DIE!
Those of us that don't have a warranty are stuck with the bill.
Personally I feel that this is WRONG because Dodge knows there is a problem with this fuel pump and has made modifications to the fuel pump and it's location on the vehicle. 6 moths ago they came out with a new beefed up fuel pump and they relocated on or near the fuel tank.
It's not a RECALL because it isn't a SAFETY ISSUE. I beg to differ with them! They should be out on that dark scary road by their self.,. then tell me it isn't a safety issue!
In the past two years that we have owned our truck we have spent well over $15,000 in repairs to this truck. We bought our truck with 59,000 miles on it. It now has 83,000 miles. We have far to much money invested in it to trade it in or sell it. So we just hope we won't have to bury any more money into it.
We take excellent care of the truck, but still have problems. I will be posting a simular letter to Dodge and some of our local newspapers. I feel dodge needs to reimburse us for this problem. But they have denied not to pay us a thing.
Many,many things can cause this code to be set. Vehicle is under warranty so take it to a dealer and have them sort it out.
When I talked to the service manager at Tacoma Dodge she did inform me that the INJECTOR PUMPS had been a big problem for dodge that is why she urged me to call Dodge/Chrysler. The main problem with the INJECTOR PUMPS were the FUEL PUMPS loosing pressure causing the injector pumps to over heat and burn up. The fuel filter or cheap diesel was never mentioned. We always have the truck serviced at the Dodge dealership, I would hope they would use the proper filters. As for the diesel I don't think I have ever gotten bad diesel, but you just never know..
I know 4 people that have Dodge Diesels and everyone of them has had to replace the FUEL INJECTOR PUMP along with the fuel pump, but they were still under warranty..Seems at though this is a problem with DODGE DIESELS and they are taking steps to correct the problem. But in my case I feel they should have done some reimbursement for a well known problem and they refused.
I had always thought the warranty's were 5 years or 100,000 miles, that is what I heard as Dodge advertisement. But apparently that is only for a selected few, not in my case either. Maybe I just didn't talk to the right person?? Do you have someone or know where I can call to talk to someone that would consider taking our problem into consideration? Any information you have would be great and appreciated... Thank You...
Good Luck
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Crank and drive very well but after 30 min while I try to stop or slow down will stall and idle very bad.
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Thanks , sammy