2001 Dodge 5.9 Dies when gets warm and gauges quit working until cooled off.

Asked by DaleinOklahoma Feb 01, 2024 at 06:16 PM about the 2001 Dodge RAM 1500 SLT Club Cab 4WD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

We have a 2001 Dodge 1500 4wd ranch truck with the 5.9 in it.  It died on us
about a mile and a half from home, so I tinkered with it while waiting for the
side by side to show up, never would start.  It started just fine, and got us
home, the next morning.  This morning I started it up and just let it idle...and it
died after about 20 minutes when it got warm.  I went immediately to try and
restart it and it would just turn over.  STRANGELY, I noticed that none of the
gauges moved when I turned the key on.  About an hour later I went out and
turned the key on and the gauges (batter, gas, etc..) went to their correct
spots and it started right up.  Thought that was weird so I let it idle again and
get warm, same exact thing happened...died, guages didn't work, cooled off,
gauges worked, and it started.  Any ideas out there in this brain trust?  
Thanks a million folks.

1 Answer

DaleinOklahoma answered 11 months ago

Thank you for your reply. After reading and thinking on it I grabbed a new coil yesterday and will put it on today and see if that fixes her up. Will reply with what happens.

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