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Ram 2019 80k miles crank no start

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Need help with this one. I took my truck to the store one day, as soon as I pulled out the truck died in the middle of the road. Got lucky enough to pull into a parking lot, but after that incident my truck decided it was done and never turned on. It does crank won’t start, I replaced pcm thinking maybe it was an issue with my piggy back programmer from Diablo(thinking it could’ve fried it) but still no luck.
Then took it to the dealer just for them to tell me it’s the pcm, after going back and forth telling them, no it is not I just put a brand new oem one. They said it could have been a bad pcm ( got it programmed to the vin so I know it wasn’t that). They ended up replacing it and charge me 1,200$, still no start they decided that they wanted to dissect the motor. Told them it isn’t the engine it’s something electronic my dash keeps lighting ( traction control disable, electronic throttle fault, ABS, check engine light). It was running perfect never had prior issues. They wanted to charge me 5,000$ to do the procedure I declined it because, felt like I knew more about rams then them.
Checked the basics fuel and spark everything works. Timing chain is still on, truck lights work fine, checked all fuses none are blown, no security light on.
I put the scanner tool on it basically confirms it’s an electrical issue, shows mostly all sensor are malfunctioning tied to PCM. Checked the wires on pcm everything is fine no tears as far as what leading the plugs.
Anybody have something related to this issue or ideas? Been battling with this one 3 months now took it to two mechanics after dealer visit and they couldn’t understand why the truck wouldn’t start.
 
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I also unplugged the ANC sound cancellation noise since I do have a sound system in the truck, kept surging the speakers when I would be giving the truck throttle.
 
Have you attempted to just disconnect the battery overnight?
Have you tested the battery?
Powering an amp puts strain on a battery already powering a truck with a computer.
Fuel
Spark
Air.
Does your fuel pump power up?
You definitely need to hook it up to an oscilloscope to read voltages.
 
Need help with this one. I took my truck to the store one day, as soon as I pulled out the truck died in the middle of the road. Got lucky enough to pull into a parking lot, but after that incident my truck decided it was done and never turned on. It does crank won’t start, I replaced pcm thinking maybe it was an issue with my piggy back programmer from Diablo(thinking it could’ve fried it) but still no luck.
Then took it to the dealer just for them to tell me it’s the pcm, after going back and forth telling them, no it is not I just put a brand new oem one. They said it could have been a bad pcm ( got it programmed to the vin so I know it wasn’t that). They ended up replacing it and charge me 1,200$, still no start they decided that they wanted to dissect the motor. Told them it isn’t the engine it’s something electronic my dash keeps lighting ( traction control disable, electronic throttle fault, ABS, check engine light). It was running perfect never had prior issues. They wanted to charge me 5,000$ to do the procedure I declined it because, felt like I knew more about rams then them.
Checked the basics fuel and spark everything works. Timing chain is still on, truck lights work fine, checked all fuses none are blown, no security light on.
I put the scanner tool on it basically confirms it’s an electrical issue, shows mostly all sensor are malfunctioning tied to PCM. Checked the wires on pcm everything is fine no tears as far as what leading the plugs.
Anybody have something related to this issue or ideas? Been battling with this one 3 months now took it to two mechanics after dealer visit and they couldn’t understand why the truck wouldn’t start.
I wonder if it is in the security system of the pcm you have all the basics air , spark , fuel pump
 

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