HELP: Durango intermittently Stalls for no reason

[fwasilewskilak]

Hi all,

Just wondering if anyone has experienced a problem such as this: It has happened about 10 times over the last 5 months where my 1999 Durango (5.9L 4wd) will stop running in the middle of driving. This has occured, accelerating on the freeway, getting off the freeway, pulling up to a red light and just driving along a residential street. The car completely shuts off and I have to pull off the road, sometimes it starts back up immediatley and sometimes it takes a few minutes before it will start again. After it starts again, it runs like it has no problems until the same thing occurs again, usually weeks later. The check engine light usually comes on and it reads "nobus" in the odometer area but then the light disappears once the car starts again. I know this message has something to do with "no electrical signal is being processed from module to module" or something, but when I took the car to a mechanic he hooked up the "gun" and the computer would not give a read out of what was wrong becasue the problem was "intermittent". There was nothing recorded from those shut downs. Anyways, just wondering if anyone has ever experienced this with any of their vehicles and if you know of some sort of solution.

[Hemi99]

IT sounds like there might be a problem with the wiring to your PCM or with the PCM itself. If your car is still under warranty, they should be able to replace the PCM with a tester version to check it, or ask them to install Chrysler's famous "Black Box" that stays in your car for about a week or two to record all the information. Also, just as a preemtive warning, check your oil for sludge buildup. The older Durango's have a serious problem with combustion fouling the oil, which creates a sludge byproduct that kills the engine usually between 40k and 70k miles. Just a word of warning, you can find out more my searching google for " oil sludge durango" there are tons of people with that problem.

[slantsixness]

There is poop on this in the durango forum already....

nonetheless, your PCM is plagued with loose connections. If you're handy, you can remove it and try to rework (re-solder) it yourself, but I wouldn't recommend this to your average backyard mechanic.
In that case, it's better just to replace it.

Slantsixness