My 2000 Dakota was low on gas & the "check gauges" light came on, now it won't run, what happened?

Asked by Rockstarelectrician Dec 07, 2014 at 01:42 PM about the 2000 Dodge Dakota R/T Sport Club Cab RWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Added some gas, it will start & run
with a lot of gas peddle but will not
idle & dies

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First thing would be to get the codes read. Find out what sensor(s) has failed or gone out of range. It is most likely a coincidence that you were low on fuel when this happened.

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