Misfiring after 475 miles

[David Troup]

I am throwing a low voltage code as well. Can you tell me what codes your truck is throwing? My truck goes in Monday. Started throwing code at 172 miles.

Update. Truck went into dealership yesterday. code was U12B4-00. something along the lines of lost dual battery connection.
notes state "Service manual not helping. tested both batteries, Aux battery fails performance test. replaced Aux battery."

Check engine light is now off. have driven about 20 miles since I had the truck back. no other issues. I hope that was just a small anomaly and we are good to go for many thousands of miles...

 

[Joe86]

Why these batteries are failing? This is applies to most of the 1500

 

[NDanecker]

Why these batteries are failing? This is applies to most of the 1500

I read somewhere that the wifi and/or dash was consuming power after truck shuts down killing the battery. It was a result of poor programming thus replacing the battery and software update.

Might also explain why some trucks are stuck at the body vendor with a dead battery waiting for their stickers, running boards, etc.

 

[yoda33073]

You guys are scaring the heck out of me. Now I feel better that my May 8 confirmation hasn't moved. SMH. Geez.

 

[Joe86]

I read somewhere that the wifi and/or dash was consuming power after truck shuts down killing the battery. It was a result of poor programming thus replacing the battery and software update.

Might also explain why some trucks are stuck at the body vendor with a dead battery waiting for their stickers, running boards, etc.

This makes sense. It happened to me with old 1500 before replacing infotainment module

 

[MattH89]

You guys are scaring the heck out of me. Now I feel better that my May 8 confirmation hasn't moved. SMH. Geez.

That's what I'm thinking. Sitting here looking at my 2022 Sierra that's never had a single inkling of a problem...

Fibrous material, batteries failing, electrical issues, blind spot sensors. There aren't that many trucks delivered for this to be a small sample.

 

[RHOfan]

That's what I'm thinking. Sitting here looking at my 2022 Sierra that's never had a single inkling of a problem...

Fibrous material, batteries failing, electrical issues, blind spot sensors. There aren't that many trucks delivered for this to be a small sample.

Not gonna lie, I was looking at AZ lemon law last night.

I don’t expect this to become a nightmare (heck, I haven’t had my 1st service visit yet), but it doesn’t hurt to have the appropriate documentation in order if Ram can’t fix this stuff in a reasonable & timely manner.

 

[frogjbm]

Update: still waiting for fix. Should be next week.
Photos of cats for those interested. Pretty wild.View attachment 1515View attachment 1516

What am I looking at? What’s inside of them?

 

[frogjbm]

All the dealer has said is that they don’t know what it is other than it came from within the cat itself as they can’t find it anywhere else, ie Turbos. I have no idea what to think

Dear God what the hell RAM

 

[D&Sadventure]

That’s what happens when catalytic converters meltdown. That’s the core of the catalytic converter melted.

 

[frogjbm]

That’s what happens when catalytic converters meltdown. That’s the core of the catalytic converter melted.

What causes them to meltdown? Wrong timing? Bad fuel? Bad O2’s? This is insane for a new truck.

 

[OldSchool]

Update: still waiting for fix. Should be next week.
Photos of cats for those interested. Pretty wild.View attachment 1515View attachment 1516

I do NOT like the looks of that.

 

[Gassywizard22]

I feel a backorder of cats for these things incoming

 

[NDanecker]

Any idea what causes it?

Rich fuel AR most likely from bad injector. Bad 02 won't do this alone IMO. Don't forget these are very high pressure (~5k psi) fuel rails similar to diesel that run 30k+ psi.

 

[Kaiser75]

Damn I had almost convinced myself to take delivery of the truck that supposed to be delivered to Mark Dodge in a couple weeks. Not so sure anymore. They might have a all black Level 1 with no pano to sell on the lot. Just not sure I'm willing to take the chance.

 

[frogjbm]

I feel a backorder of cats for these things incoming

But what’s causing them to fail, the root cause(s), that’s the question.

 

[RHOfan]

And, is this a “one off” case? I hope so, as my odometer just crossed 400 miles today & headed on a vacation trip tomorrow!

Something to think about…

These engines have been in the Grand Wagoneers going on a year. I haven’t heard a ton of negative press on them, at least not the engine.

 

[daniellelaven022]

Picked her up Thursday, not the best start… Couldn’t make the journey back home

 

[Kaiser75]

Picked her up Thursday, not the best start… Couldn’t make the journey back home

Man I hate that. Hopefully they'll get it fixed and you'll have no more problems. For sure a bad start though. That only fuels the fire on my second thoughts.

 

[D&Sadventure]

Any idea what causes it?

Maybe your injectors have the clap. The drippy drippy. Or fouled plugs. Too much raw fuel in the cat leading to melt down.