99 Voyager - Need to retrieve fault codes

From : mike

Q: on thu 02 dec 2004 181920 gmt theguy theguy@myplace.com wrote on thu 02 dec 2004 175346 gmt tbone t-bonenospam@nc.rr.com wrote all this long winded story says is that your father was a good driver and has nothing to do with the performance of the vehicles. lol it also refutes your ridiculous claim that a 4x2 cannot out do a 4x4 no matter how much weight you put in it. but ignore that part if it makes you feel more superior. it does no such thing because you did not say that a 4x4 could not do this only that your father could with a 4x2 with weight in the rear. nice try though - geez tom. really man. listen to me please. you could not make yourself look more stupid and childish than you do. why do you keep doing this to yourself snip-o im mostly a lurker here except for my wife owning a intrepid a couple of years ago i havent owned a chrysler product since my 59 plymouth but there is a lot of good info to be had here that crosses over brand lines. thank you. there are many here with info that goes far beyond brand names and at tmes even the normal group topic dodge trucks. more than once ive been able to help a brand x friend by asking here. my question is why do you guys bother arguing with tbone from what ive seen he is obviously on a different plane of reality than the majority. personally and i speak only for myself ive seen too much information come from him that is grossly in error if not dangersous like the current thread. i dont claim to be the worlds greatest at anything but my years on this planet 58 in feb. seem to have given me a bit more experience than he has . . .unfortunately he cant accept that. ill add my nickels worth on the main question here. go for it friend. everybodys money is good here except for the counterfeit stuff. bg ive lived in the intermountain west for the last 35 years. twenty-five of those were spent in and around the salt lake valley. i worked at one of the ski resorts for many years. home was at about 4200 work was close to 9000. many times i had to go up the canyon very early in the morning before the plows had a chance to clear even one lane. often i would be going down the canyon late at night well after the plows had quit for the day. park city im in moab and spent a year in bountiful back in 81. i can unequivocally state in my situation a bit of extra weight in the bed of my truck made those ascents and descents much easier and safer. no doubt but convince tom of that. there is quite a bit more involved here than just getting stuck or not getting stuck. handling and safety were my main concerns. getting stuck is simply inconvenient sliding off a steep narrow mountain road plummeting to the boulder filled creek bed 50 below could ruin more than just your day... dj or how about as ive seen in some areas a 200-300 foot drop where tom lives has some smaller mountains not too far away and there are some nice twisty roads that can get very slick / dangerous in a sever winter. i may not like tom but i hope he doesnt learn the hard way. btw thanks for speaking up. you had great info and experience to support it. budd .

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From : tom lawrence

on 3 dec 2004 192346 -0800 montanajeeper@aol.com montanajeeper wrote winter is taking a firm grip here in montana and no matter how long we idle the 04 cummins it wont warm the cab until after about 10 miles of interstate driving. trouble is its only 5 miles to work. the wifey is miserable with this and she wants me to trade it on a gas powered version so that she can get some heat. were buying her a new jeep in february and i want to hold her off on selling the 04 until then at which time ill take it over. i cant have her being cold going to and from work. i can plug it in 4 hours prior to cranking or all night long and it still wont warm up. i can plug it in all night long and then idle it 30 minutes before leaving and it still wont warm up. my old ford had an apc where i could set the rpm on anything i wanted and leave it there warming up. any way to do that on the dodge any ideas would be appreciated. thanks were still running around here in maryland in short sleeves during the day. my guess would be that its even warmer in n.c. the worst part is that you havent seen winter up there yet. beekeep .

From : billygoat

my transmission is very slow at shifting up during gentle increase in speed especially when climbing a long hill. i have had the rpms go as high as 2800 rpm in 2nd gear before it would shift up to 3rd. if i drive it hard under the same conditions it will shift much earlier. any suggestions -- .

From : tom lawrence

hp wrote i have heard that also of folks are putting weight in the back of the trucks for winter driving. on my 04 1500 quad cab short bed with hemi how much weight is good to add whats the most cost efficient way. i have line-x in the bed but dont want to crap up the truck as its purpose is primarily towing my camping trailer in the good weather . extra weight will lower your gas mleage and make the truck harder to stop. jam .

From : kilmister

kilmister wrote wow i always liked the look of the durango. as for the v6 my dakota is a pig wish i got the v8 in it. or better yet bought the ram. the new 2nd gen durango looked odd to me at first but my wife liked it so we bought one. its kinda grown on me a bit. it drives extremely nice. far better than the older 1st gen model. .