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Engine stalling without warning

RL Hubbard

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I have a 2023 Ram 1500 3.6 engine. It will lose power without warning and auto correct to park and set parking brake. It has done it tree times, first time in a busy intersection, second time in a parking lot and the last time while backing out of a driveway. The last time I also got a battery light. Checked for code today and it showed a P032F. Dealer is going to look at it this week.
 
Mine is doing something similiar. The only thing that i changed was the battery then a month later i was at a stop light and engine died. Dash is partially lit up and radio died but came back on like a key cycle. It restarted and i went on my way and it tried to do it again while driving briefly but was fine. This keeps happening but recently it wouldnt start at all and fuel pump was unable to get pressure above 20 psi. I had it towed to my work and i replaced the fuel pump.

Test drove it no issues. Parked it went in the store and came back out 30 mins later start and die over and over. Waited 10 mins and fired up but stalled 5 miles later. This kept happeneing till i made it back to my work.

I have one code for the vaccum pump but thats all. Im thinking its the PDC the way it just goes into severe limp mode and the transmission starts to downshift to maintain speed to get to shoulder. These issues never happen after a cold soak only after its been drivin and the engine bay is hot.

I will report back with the fix when i figure it out
 
I solved it and i hope this post helps others. i have a 2020 ram warlock ds with the pentistar

Like i said in previous post i had no codes but it would stall intermittently. I found an issue from where the B+ wire splits off from pin 85 and goes to pin 30. Which is all internal to the PDC and a PDC costs $800. If pin 85 of the relay lost power you would get a ASD related code.
So i cut each wire at the connector "except the B+ wire which i cut and butt spliced with an additional wire for my relay cause that B+ powers other things" but left 3 inchs of wire just in case and wired to a weatherproof automotive relay with weatherproof butt splices. I installed inline fuses for the injectors, coils and B+ basically what ever was fused before it fused again

I DID NOT JUMPER circuits or install a switch this is key for a permanent fix. i knew the pcm ground circuit was good. i Just made the relay now external to the PDC. I attached the screenshot from stellantis for clarification
 

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