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2009Jan 31
Ram 1500 5.9L
- Automatic transmission
- 138,000 miles
truck jerks and hesitates at bsteady speed ready to drive off cliff help me if you know how to solve problem
2007Dec 01
Ram 1500 SLT 5.9L
- Manual transmission
- 187,000 miles
first of all, 60 to 70 sec's after i've turn the engine on, it starts to rough idle then after
a while it idles fine. but my biggest complaint is that when i'm driving it at steady speeds
it starts to jerk every once in a while. like if it misfires or sputters.
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2009May 13
Ram 1500 5.9L V8
The truck jerks or hesitates while driving at any speed it tends to happen more when I'm using the cruise at highway speeds. It also does it under hard acceleration. It almost feels like the engine is stalling just for a millisecond or like there are two gears binding in the axles. The only noticeable change in anything is that my fuel gauge started to malfunction on me about the same time this started the fuel gauge only reads full when the tank is full after about 30 to 60 miles it starts to read whatever it wants usually it just drops to EMPTY and stays there. I have watch the speedo and the tach when the jerking is going on and i cant see any change in speed or rpm. PLEASE HELP IT IS VERY ANNOYING.
gto455judge
Rock Falls, IL, USA
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