On our last two camping trips our Dodge pickup (07, Cummins, 5.9L, 3500 dually) has failed to start when it's time to come home. Turn the key, no sound what so ever, but all the accessory stuff works.

The first time it happened my husband got a ride into town to the Dodge dealer (luckily they still have one in Burns, Oregon) and after explaining to the service guy what was going on he said he thought it was a module problem. He took him out to a truck on the lot and showed him how to pull a fuse loose (#11 20A IOD-CCN/RADIO/UNDHOOD LMP/WCM/SDARS/HFM), wait for 20-40 seconds, then push it back in. He said that usually works the first time, but that a module would need to be replaced as soon as possible.

Well, he was right. We got it started and made the five hour trip home. Drove it for 2 or 3 days around town before we could get it into our local Dodge dealer. It ran fine during that time. The dealer replaced the Wireless Command Module.

Last week we were on another trip and it happened again. My husband pulled the fuse, waited, pushed it back in and it started right up.

We took the truck back to our local dealer and they replaced the same module again. They don't have a clue why it happened again, only to think that perhaps the replacement module was a bad one.

Does anyone else have this problem? We go camping in lots of remote places here in Oregon and it makes us kind of leery. The only good thing about it all is that it is still under warranty.

 

Wow that sucks to have happen at such a time and is what I worry about! Thanks for sharing the information about the fuse.