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Anonymous Posted on Sep 22, 2012

Truck starts fine if hit a bump it dies

Truck starts and runs fine until you hit a bump in the road or closed the door then it dies

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Knight 007

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  • Posted on May 14, 2009

SOURCE: 2500, Jumps all over the road after you hit a few bumpes at 70+mp

Check the truck's shock absorbers!
They need replacing

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on May 23, 2009

SOURCE: driver's side power window doesn't work nor the rear power window. inside lights flicker and power door locks click repeatedly when hitting bumps on the road.

You diffenently have a positive wire grounding out somewhere

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jun 25, 2009

SOURCE: car blows starter fuse after hitting bump in road

check out the wiring. The bump may have made some connections loos or may have shaken up the wires and wires that are exposed may have hit each other or the metal part of the car which caused a short and in turn caused a fuse to blow.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jul 06, 2009

SOURCE: Truck stalls while driving down the road.....

SORRY but you have a very typical dodge problem.dodges are VERY well known for these little and big wiring problems.you can find an electrical expert thats highly recomended or the dealer.if you don't fix it well,my grandads had some small problems fuel hand radio insturment panel would all stop working some times and some times work fine,then one day it burned the whole harness inside truck and under hood then it really cost a pretty penny.hope you get her fixed..

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jul 08, 2009

SOURCE: My 98 neon runs fine for a bit but dies when

check the engine earth the gearbox earth and the battery connections...

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My car heater works fine sometimes and other times no heat comes out until I hit a bump in the road and it works.

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hi when you say hits a bump which wheel is it that hits the bump or is it the ront end hits a bump or rear and what did the fault codes say and what makes you think its not the sensors yates210456
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