alsrepair9
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My 20 Ram 1500 Ram 70,000 miles with out the Active Air Dam then I got a code for the Active Shutter Grill anyone no if I can delete this also with no CEL
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Active Grill Shutter Removal
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If you don't need the function of the AGS you can order a new actuator/motor off eBay for about 20 bucks and remove the 12 plastic clips to the cover on top of the radiator, reach down, and use a small flat head to remove the power clip, connect the new motor and zip tie it to the side, reset the code and it should solve the problem.
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Can anyone help let me know when the truck is off and what position the AGS is resting in? (is the AGS closed or open). Thanks, I got the code and took it apart to replace the AGS actuator but not sure what position to put the "blades" back. Thanks
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I recently popped a CEL on my 21’ reading active grill shutter lost communication. When I located the proper fuse location F18, there was no fuse in the slot. I purchased this vehicle 1year ago and this is my first code. Is it normal to be missing a fuse? And any harm installing one in the slot now?fishslayer
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I doubt OEM engines designed it to keep temps at 238 degrees all day..It seems to me it was to aid in extreme cold weather .I ve seen engines running that hot lose head gasket seal pretty quickly
BigBroJoe
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So today I took apart the whole front of my 2022 Ram 1500 bighorn hemi and removed the entire active grill shutters and I took little motor and zip tied it off to the side and I drove down the block get back into my car after stopping and lo and behold there is a check engine light I'm getting code p1d73 for AGS performance how do I get rid of this
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Well you shouldn't mess with the motor. Just keep the top and bottom rows of shutters and delete the others, that's all you have to do. The two rows are there to keep stability to that system (so that it doesn't physically collapse), and the motor being attached thinks its still doing whatever it should be doing, but there is a now a permanent hole in the middle of the system.
BigBroJoe
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Yeah but I saw half the people on The forum are saying that you could just zip tie it off to the side the other half are saying that you have to keep the middle and top I was hoping to get rid of it and do an air horn setup in there so now I'm wondering if there's any way to get that code out of the way now that it's there or do I have to put the system back in
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Remove your active air dam and leave motor disconnected.
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The safest way is just to leave the two rows attached and don't touch the motor. Disconnecting the motor is completely unnecessary.
BigBroJoe
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I wouldn't disconnect the motor than I would for sure get a code I left the motor connected and for some reason even though it's not a fourth gen I still have a CEL staring me in the face
I tried clearing the code but it came right back and it's marked permanent
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Are you saying to remove a completely disconnected from the electric or just disconnected from the active air dam? Right now I have it still plugged in but it's a zip tied off to the side and I'm still getting a CEL
Remove the connector from the active air dam motor. Different than the grill shutters.
But this is why it's not always worth removing things just because you have a fear that they will fail and cause issues, even though it's unfounded.
BigBroJoe
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I'm not talking about active air dam I'm talking about active grill shutters I see some users were able to just zip tie the motor to the side I did that and I'm getting a code. I do not want to put the entire system back in I just want to zip tie the motor off to the side and get the check engine light to stay off if there's anyone on here that has any info maybe @Jimmy07 knows something weather it can be tuned off with Jay scan or alpha OBD
Im trying to give you a suggestion for keeping the check engine light off. Try it, or don't. Your choice
BigBroJoe
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Gotcha you're saying I should also disconnect the connector from the air dam underneath but I should leave the connector to the grill shutter actuator still connected? I'm going to give that a try thank you
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Yes
BigBroJoe
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Didn't do anything it's still got the code and cel
Did you clear the codes?
BigBroJoe
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At this point of the night I don't remember if I cleared the codes before I disconnected it or after I disconnected the active air dam but regardless I'll clear the code again tomorrow and then see what happens
Just as a random side note it seems that the Ford bronco sport and the Ford mustang 2021- 2022 uses the same AGS actuator or at least that's what it seems like from a listing I saw on Amazon (I'm laughing at myself for this source of info as I didn't even Google it yet!)
