ok guys here is a hair puller . my friend has a 03 2500 4x4 with a auto it is not the ho, when he cranks it in the morning the auto will not go in gear and the throtle is dead i mean nothing for about a min or two. so my question is how are they conected and what do you think he should look for? ohh he parks on about a 10 degre angle could that have anything to do with it.

 

If its really cold out it may be waiting to see things come up to temp.

I know the 7.3s do this, you can mash the throttle down the floor and nothing will happen.


Whats the temp where you are?


Jason

 

east texas not that cold and when he went to arkansas it never did it

 

The answer is in the question. We all know God drives a Dodge. You have shown us that Arkansas truly is God's country.

Seriously though, It sounds strange to me. It can't have anything to do with cold temperatures if it stops doing it when he comes to ... well I guess I won't go there again.

Best of luck

stack_climber

 

The angle has nothing to do with it either, I park in my driveway at a petty high angle every day and have no problem.
I do have a question thou, does he put his foot on the pedal when he starts it up? There was a post about people starting these truck like gassers and putting thier foot on the pedal to start it up and theat is a BIG NO NO
When yo do that it screws up the computer and causes those same ssyptoms that yo are talking about. The only way to fix it would be to shut her down and restart her

 

it is very possible , this is his first diesel.

 

Is he waiting for the heater light on the dash to go out before he starts the truck?

 

It's called "Dead Pedal". He is probably pushing the gas pedal a bit when he starts it. Don't touch the pedal, just let it start.

The easy solution is, shut it off and restart. SHould have pedal response. None of this waiting a minute stuff. Just shut down and restart.

Now having said that, it is still not supposed to have Dead Pedal. There is a TSB out to fix it. The number is TSB 18-027-03.

Go to www.dodgeram.info/tsb/2003

You'll find it there. Print it off and take it with you to the dealer.