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2WD 3.9L 92 Dakota stalling and acting really...wierd...

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Okay, so, short trips in town the truck does fine. But after I've driven around for about 30-45 minutes it starts to stall like its being starved for gas. 50% of the time if I put the pedal to the floor it'll stay in the ame gear and at the same speed, the other 50% of the time it'll upshift and jump forward like its at Talladega, but it never really quite rights itself, once it slows down it starts to have the same problem again. Then if i turn it off to let it sit for a few minutes, it'll start right up but it wont idle. It stalls out and dies unless i hold down the accelerator. But if it sits for an hour or more it'll start right upand drives fine then the problems persist. I learned on Mopars and have to say, I'm dumbfounded. All filters, fluids, and gaskets have been replaced within the last 600 miles. Also, not sure if its related, but about 10% of the time when i put the pedal to the floor it'll shift a little harder than what I'm comfortable with, but only when its having the stall out issue. So, like I said, I'm at a loss for words. Sombody please help because this is my daily driver. Oh, it's also a Throttle body, not injected or carb'd.
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Like IC recommends, check for fault codes first. Do you know the key dance? Key in the ignition, on-off-on-off-on, the check engine light flashes, count the continual flashes between breaks, these will be your fault codes. The last one will be 55, which is end-of-sequence. It reads like a sensor problem: Throttle Position Sensor, MAP sensor, or Idle Air Control Valve come to mind. I think the MAP sensor will return a 14 code and the TPS will return a 24 code. And check the wiring going to each -- I corrected a TPS problem by splicing a frayed wire.

I'm currently having similar stalling problems with my '92 Dakota V6. The connector to the PCM sometimes works loose, and I'll have to push it back in. I'm now in the habit of pushing it in whenever I buy gas, or open the hood for any other reason.

Through the '96 model year, the Dakotas look like they have TBI, but it's actually multi-port.
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