Strange problem with Dodge Dakota pickup truck?

Question

I have a 2005 Dodge Dakota, 2WD, 6 cyl, ~48Kmi, that has been giving a strange error. All the idiot lights (check engine, brakes, etc) work fine, come on breifly when starting then all go out, everything seems OK. However, where the digital odometer is supposed to have numbers, it says "ErrOr" ! Vehicle seems to start up and drive fine.

This is not listed in the manual and when I called the service department at 2 different Dodge dealers and neither had ever heard of it!

Anyway what I am hoping is: 

1] Somebody else out there had this happen and remembers what was done to fix it. (even if it is complicated and I can't do it myself, at least when I go to the dealer, I can suggest where to start looking for the problem)

2] Will it hurt anything to drive it this way until it gets fixed

Thanks!

buddy_236 · Accepted Answer

There is a invalid mileage report from one of the modules, more than likely it is the cabin compartment node, aka the instrument cluster, from what I have seen.
The CCN needs to be reprogrammed with the correct mileage, The best way to do this is have a dealership pull the mileage from the CAB and PCM for verification, then remove the CCN and send it out to be tested and reprogrammed.
There cannot be a large deviation in the mileage in any module or you will get the "error" message, the suspect module will show the largest deviation.

It won't hurt anything to drive the vehicle as is.

suzonka · Answer

everything will ok to drive  it as it is ,how ever when it comes to inspection time will it pass?

Trending News

Strange problem with Dodge Dakota pickup truck?

2 Answers