2001 Dak PU Emergency Brake Frozen ?

From : winky

Q: tbone fatchance@noway.now wrote in tbone fatchance@noway.now wrote in dude based on what youve said you dont have a clue what youre talking about and/or you dont have a clue how to drive in snow. lol and how long have you been driving two or three years chances are a lot more than you. with your severe lack of knowledge in fwd handling and operations i doubt that. feel free to believe what you want. those of us that understand simple physics and how it relates to cars know the truth. my point exactly. you just dont get it and probably never will. lol let me ask you something. is that dakota a 4wd and if so what do you do if the front starts plowing sliding on a curve in the snow guess you dont know what a dakota r/t is... my dak has never seen snow and it never will if i can help it. before moving to south florida 15 years ago i was driving in the hills of northern nj for about another 15 years prior. had a 4x4 bronco ii for a while up there. underpowered piece of shit but at least it handled the lousy roads and weather ok. btw the best way to recover from a slide is to keep your feet off the pedals until you regain control. that goes for any vehicle rwd fwd 4wd or awd. heres where we disagree. how do you regain control ive found with rwd steer into the skid use either light brake or gas whichever is needed depending on conditions. 4wd again depending on the slide a bit of gas or perhaps get it into 2wd and loop it. now fwd your fucked no gas lets face it its a push. roy i got an opinion on this little discussion give me 4wd and ill drive like i have a brain and wont skid at all. my second choice is a fwd with traction control. sorry roy ill bring my wallet and you can fill it for me. denny .

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From : bryan swadener

dont take it in just yet... the outside temperature gage works by a thermistor variable resistor which changes its resistance as its temperature changes changing the voltage in a circuit which is interpreted as temperature. therefore... oc = open circuit. the thermistor is so cold its not allowing any voltage through. sc looks like 5c on the display = short circuit. the thermistor is so hot its allowing all voltage through. i dont know at which temperatures oc and sc occur. by-the-way...by pressing and holding both the reset and us/m keys for a few seconds though fewer than it takes to initiate compass calibration mode the degrees portion of the display will show your true north compass heading adjusted for your current magnetic north compass offset as described in the manual to within a few degrees when the vehicle is level. says... oc indicates an open circuit either in the wiring or the sensor itself. check the wiring and sensor with an ohmmeter to find the source of the problem. great... looks like ill need to either take it in to chrysler or figure out the temp by opening the window. i have no idea where the circuitry or temp sensor is located. thanks for the advice! -- chris http//www.choxnpinz.com remove caps from e-mail address to reply .

From : fmb

stephen harding harding@cs.umass.edu wrote in from experience i disagree that fwd is better. ive driven both for years and i prefer rwd. i have to agree. with rwd if ya know what you are doing you can move the rear of the car with just a tap of the gas. you can avoid a accident or at least lessen it. with fwd you are screwed. i dont deny that fwd is decent in the snow. my wife drives a eldo but it is a damn heavy fwd. also it has blizzaks on it which improved it by about 75% over the factory tires. but get into a slide and you are pretty much along for the ride not so with rwd. but now you are assuming that everyone has the skills to put a car into a controlled skid under a panic situation and that is a complete load of bull. most people in that situation just hammer the brake and in that case front or rear wheel drive makes no difference. yes a skilled driver can make a rwd move in the snow but an inexperienced driver can easily do it with a fwd. as for the tire sizes and the t/a my wifes intrepid rt has the same size tires as my 80 t/a and it has no problems in the snow with them. so we agree it all comes down to the driver. roy -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving well a good driver wouldnt be driving a fwd in the first place. ; there ya go!! some know their limitations. maybe t and the rabbit can car pool.bfg roy .