toomanytacos
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Hello all! New to the group here. I moved over from 5thgenrams.com forum. I upgraded from my 2019 Ram 1500 to a 2020 Ram 2500 Mega Cab Laramie Night Edition.
I bought this truck back in July. I've traveled a fair bit and have just hit 17k miles with it. I have yet to have a minutes trouble with it until recently. Monday evening I started my truck from my remote and I could hear it start from my office. Not paying anymore attention to it, when i got outside it was not running. First thought was that I took longer than the 15 minutes. That wasn't it. I hit the remote start again as I was walking up and it wouldn't do anything but flash the signal lights. Usually, I forget that my low fuel light is on or something of the sort.
I get in the truck like normal and step on the brake and hit the button. Truck cranks over and over and won't stop. Truck does not fire off. Everything else on the truck seems fine. There is no CEL lit. No messages in the display. Fuel level is approx at 3/4. DEF level is at about the same spot.
In my head i'm thinking its fuel related. Not hearing any weird noises from under the hood while its trying to start. I think maybe it's too hot out? I'm in S Central Texas, it's 97 degrees out and 95% humidity. Truck is parked longside up against a 2-story building painted white that is radiating heat off of it. I wait a while and let it cool some and still no luck.
So i called the dealer in town (Brenham CJD) in Brenham Texas and they came after hours and towed it back to the dealership. One thing that caught my attention when the tow truck driver hooked on to it was that he hooked it from the front with the drive tires still on the ground. Not sure if the transfer case was placed in neutral and he definitely did not remove the rear driveshaft. (pic attached)
Tuesday rolls around and I have called and stopped by this dealer. The service writer said he has not heard anything from their tech's. The truck was in the service lot unlocked, hood popped, and had my amp steps unplugged.
Wednesday and still nothing. Any of you guys run into this issue? A lot of people I know personally are saying CP4 but who knows.
@RamCares
I bought this truck back in July. I've traveled a fair bit and have just hit 17k miles with it. I have yet to have a minutes trouble with it until recently. Monday evening I started my truck from my remote and I could hear it start from my office. Not paying anymore attention to it, when i got outside it was not running. First thought was that I took longer than the 15 minutes. That wasn't it. I hit the remote start again as I was walking up and it wouldn't do anything but flash the signal lights. Usually, I forget that my low fuel light is on or something of the sort.
I get in the truck like normal and step on the brake and hit the button. Truck cranks over and over and won't stop. Truck does not fire off. Everything else on the truck seems fine. There is no CEL lit. No messages in the display. Fuel level is approx at 3/4. DEF level is at about the same spot.
In my head i'm thinking its fuel related. Not hearing any weird noises from under the hood while its trying to start. I think maybe it's too hot out? I'm in S Central Texas, it's 97 degrees out and 95% humidity. Truck is parked longside up against a 2-story building painted white that is radiating heat off of it. I wait a while and let it cool some and still no luck.
So i called the dealer in town (Brenham CJD) in Brenham Texas and they came after hours and towed it back to the dealership. One thing that caught my attention when the tow truck driver hooked on to it was that he hooked it from the front with the drive tires still on the ground. Not sure if the transfer case was placed in neutral and he definitely did not remove the rear driveshaft. (pic attached)
Tuesday rolls around and I have called and stopped by this dealer. The service writer said he has not heard anything from their tech's. The truck was in the service lot unlocked, hood popped, and had my amp steps unplugged.
Wednesday and still nothing. Any of you guys run into this issue? A lot of people I know personally are saying CP4 but who knows.
@RamCares