problem/electrical?

Asked by GuruTGW51 Jul 28, 2018 at 10:42 AM about the Dodge RAM 1500

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Warning beep and light appears concerning trailer brk sys. then entire
instrument panel flickers and goes black fuel needle drops to E all while driving,
has been running fine only 38000 mi. battery 4-5 mo. old and fine. Now will
NOT crank-and inst. flicker when turning key. Have you seen this before? This
is a 2013 Ram Hemi crew cab w/ 4x4.

2 Answers

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You mite wanna look at the trailer connector n wiring first, sounds like you're describing a short in the wiring. Go back to where it first reared it's ugly head.

Mine just start doing that, any ideas of what's going on, now dosen't start at all, no power on the dash also!

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