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cwinston
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Sep 18, 2009, 4:12 AM
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Vehicle: 2000 Dodge Ram 1500, 5.9L, Automatic Transmission, 171,000 miles.
Vehicle will stop running, just shut off, after about 10 minutes of driving. Then after 5 minutes of waiting it will start again then runs fine for another 10 minutes and shut off again. This will occur for about 4 times then it will run fine after that. Then when the vehicle completely cools off the cycle will start again.
When the vehicle shut off, the gas, temp, alternator and oil pressure guages will stop working. I know the vehicle is ready to start again when these gauges start back working.
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Tom Greenleaf
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Sep 18, 2009, 6:04 AM
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Re: Engine shut off
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Guess? Battery issue or cable connections a maybe. Both ends of cables are critical and must be known good. A battery over 3-4 years is suspect for an internal issue. IMO after about 3 years a battery is not dependable. Batteries can short inside themselves and sometimes recover but almost never on a schedule like this so I'm not so sure about that? When a battery shorts it usually ends it for good,
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