I"m on my son's sign in. He's in Chicago with a 2002 high output with a 6 speed. While driveing the pedel went dead and the truck dropped to idle.
Down shifted and it picked backed. The engine light is on the truck rpm's are surging between 800 and 1500 with no pedel. When it picks up in lower gear as long as steady fuel is applied and rpm's are kept up the won't go dead.

No smoke with exhaust. Need help as soon as possible.

After this started he replaced the fuel filter which did not help the condition.

 

An rv transporter I know (I'm one too) had a similar condition where throttle control was lost on his '04 or '05 ram and it turned out to be the TPS, or throttle position sensor. his is an electronic throttle, but I'm not sure about an '02...

In his case, the part simply was replaced.

 

My son is also an RV transporter and is on his cell phone with me.

Was the part coverd under warranty.

 

Have him try the APPS reset:

https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...n&onlynewfaq=1

 

I don't recall how many miles he had on it when it occurred, but it certainly should be covered by the 100K warranty.

 

sounds like the injector pump is going bad, my truck had the same symptoms that you described, have him cycle the key three times without starting the truck and see if any codes come up on the odometer, the injector pump code is P0216 i believe

 

Good accurate info from CTD 2001.

 

Thanks I just called him back with your message he did it and that is the code he gets. That is what he was afraid of. It is still under warranty so I guess Monday it will be in the garage. He thinks he can make it home he is less than a 100 miles away now. Thank God the warranty is still good.

 

I made it ack from chicago by the skin of my teeth the last 40 miles truck started surging badly and the last mile went dead would only idle so i put it in 2nd and made it home the last mile thanks for the info guys makes me wonder about the pump though i thought they would smoke when they went
i am just glad it didnt happen farther away i did a turnaround to denver where i dropped an rv and picked another up to take back so i gues i wil have it in the drive for a few days now well thanks again guys for the info

 

Sorry you had the problem , but glad you made it home.

 

Just got call from the *********** they think throttle position sensor to start with .....400 houndred for just that then they will be able to check the pumps any thoughts on this ???
am i getting porked

 

I hate to say it....but...yes.

My APPS was $236 from a Cummins dealer and took about 15/20 mins to put it on.

 

You aren't that far from GR. There is a great dealer there that actually has a diesel mechanic that works there. They also have all the parts that you would ever need. It is K&M Northfield Dodge. I bought my FASS there, they had it in stock at a decent price. I don't know if you have a good dealer around you, but I would definatly go there if I could. Good service and they know what they are doing.

 

I can recomend another place in Grand Rapids,Michigan, Bridgewater Cummins on Clay St. I was having a problem and the service manager walked me thur trouble shooting over the cell phone. Also they're parts department is open M thurF 24 hours. Their price on a fuel transfer pump was cheaper than abody around here, way cheaper.