Durango - Intermitent Cruise Disconnect

From : kosmo

Q: this is a multi-part message in mime format. ------=nextpart000004c01c36c73.4dd57720 content-type text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 content-transfer-encoding quoted-printable howdy took the fam on a few road trips over the summer months and noticed an = anomaly in the cruise control on my 99 durango 5.9. we would be = chugging down the road long and flat with the cruise engaged at about = 78mph and i would feel an ever so slight deceleration that lasted just a = moment. the interval was quite random but frequent. i would feel this = slight deceleration occur from anywhere between 20 seconds and several = minutes. =20 i watched the tachometer closely and saw that right at the moment of = deceleration the tach would go up 200-300 rpms then when the drive = would re-engage the rpms would drop back down in line. its as though = the transmission is disconnecting or slipping from the drive but the = cruise is still trying to maintain speed thus the rpms go up. this = only occurs with the cc engaged. there is no disco or slippage when i = drive without the cc. any ideers it became such a nuisance that i discontinued using the cc. --=20 kosmo veni vidi vici ------=nextpart000004c01c36c73.4dd57720 content-type text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 content-transfer-encoding quoted-printable !doctype html public -//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en htmlhead meta http-equiv=3dcontent-type content=3dtext/html; = charset=3diso-8859-1 meta content=3dmshtml 6.00.2800.1226 name=3dgenerator style/style /head body bgcolor=3d#ffffff divfont face=3darial size=3d2howdy/font/div divfont face=3darial size=3d2/font /div divfont face=3darial size=3d2took the fam on a few road trips over = the summer=20 months and noticed an anomaly in the cruise control on my 99 durango = 5.9. =20 we would be chugging down the road long and flat with the cruise = engaged at=20 about 78mph and i would feel an ever so slight deceleration that = lasted=20 just a moment.  the interval was quite random but frequent.  = i would=20 feel this slight deceleration occur from anywhere between 20 seconds and = several=20 minutes.  /font/div divfont face=3darial size=3d2/font /div divfont face=3darial size=3d2i watched the tachometer closely and = saw that right=20 at the moment of deceleration the tach would go up 200-300 rpms = then when=20 the drive would re-engage the rpms would drop back down in line.  = its as=20 though the transmission is disconnecting or slipping from the drive but = the=20 cruise is still trying to maintain speed thus the rpms go up.  = this only=20 occurs with the cc engaged.  there is no disco or slippage when i = drive=20 without the cc./font/div divfont face=3darial size=3d2/font /div divfont face=3darial size=3d2any ideers  it became such a = nuisance that i=20 discontinued using the cc./font/div divfont face=3darial size=3d2br-- brkosmobrveni vidi=20 vici/font/div/body/html ------=nextpart000004c01c36c73.4dd57720-- .

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From : nitpik

this is a multi-part message in mime format. ------=nextpart000002b01c36d39.00e866e0 content-type text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 content-transfer-encoding quoted-printable do you by any chance have the 5 speed auto transmission i dont think = they were out in 99 but if you do have one ... it could be the = transmission downshifting from 5 to 4 ... it can be a very subtle event = and has exactly those symptoms. howdy took the fam on a few road trips over the summer months and noticed an = anomaly in the cruise control on my 99 durango 5.9. we would be = chugging down the road long and flat with the cruise engaged at about = 78mph and i would feel an ever so slight deceleration that lasted just a = moment. the interval was quite random but frequent. i would feel this = slight deceleration occur from anywhere between 20 seconds and several = minutes. =20 i watched the tachometer closely and saw that right at the moment of = deceleration the tach would go up 200-300 rpms then when the drive = would re-engage the rpms would drop back down in line. its as though = the transmission is disconnecting or slipping from the drive but the = cruise is still trying to maintain speed thus the rpms go up. this = only occurs with the cc engaged. there is no disco or slippage when i = drive without the cc. any ideers it became such a nuisance that i discontinued using the = cc. --=20 kosmo veni vidi vici ------=nextpart000002b01c36d39.00e866e0 content-type text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 content-transfer-encoding quoted-printable !doctype html public -//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en htmlhead meta http-equiv=3dcontent-type content=3dtext/html; = charset=3diso-8859-1 meta content=3dmshtml 6.00.2800.1170 name=3dgenerator style/style /head body bgcolor=3d#ffffff div /div divdo you by any chance have the 5 speed auto transmission  i = dont=20 think they were out in 99 but if you do have one ... it could be the=20 transmission downshifting from 5 to 4 ... it can be a very subtle event = and has=20 exactly those symptoms./div blockquote dir=3dltr=20 style=3dpadding-right 0px; padding-left 5px; margin-left 5px; = border-left #000000 2px solid; margin-right 0px divkosmo <a=20 = href=3dmailtokosmo@vii.com.chaff-flarekosmo@vii.com.chaff-flare/a&g= t;=20 = .uswest.net/a.../div divfont face=3darial size=3d2howdy/font/div divfont face=3darial size=3d2/font /div divfont face=3darial size=3d2took the fam on a few road trips over = the summer=20 months and noticed an anomaly in the cruise control on my 99 durango=20 5.9.  we would be chugging down the road long and flat with the = cruise=20 engaged at about 78mph and i would feel an ever so slight = deceleration=20 that lasted just a moment.  the interval was quite random but=20 frequent.  i would feel this slight deceleration occur from = anywhere=20 between 20 seconds and several minutes.  /font/div divfont face=3darial size=3d2/font /div divfont face=3darial size=3d2i watched the tachometer closely and = saw that=20 right at the moment of deceleration the tach would go up 200-300 = rpms=20 then when the drive would re-engage the rpms would drop back down in = line.  its as though the transmission is disconnecting or = slipping from=20 the drive but the cruise is still trying to maintain speed thus the = rpms go=20 up.  this only occurs with the cc engaged.  there is no = disco or=20 slippage when i drive without the cc./font/div divfont face=3darial size=3d2/font /div divfont face=3darial size=3d2any ideers  it became such a = nuisance that=20 i discontinued using the cc./font/div divfont face=3darial size=3d2br-- brkosmobrveni vidi=20 vici/font/div/blockquote/body/html ------=nextpart000002b01c36d39.00e866e0-- .

From : samwendel

i is the highest jump since 1964 i believe. here in iowa i just filled up at $1.69 is it just me or has this past week had the quickest increase in prices for the past year last saturday i filled my truck for $1.47 in nj. this week its up to $1.67 for name brand gas and $1.59 for no-name regular. .

From : steve porter

this is a multi-part message in mime format. ------=nextpart00000a001c36d8d.ff200250 content-type text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 content-transfer-encoding quoted-printable richard is right on the money. i just replaced my tps myself and it = cured the same problem you described. i complained about it to the = dealer while under warranty and they couldnt supposedly find the = problem. shortly after the warranty expired i read about this problem = being quite common and subsequently purchased the tps and installed it = myself. dodge wants about $65.00 for the tps so if you can get it from = autozone for $33.00 dollars you are saving yourself some money. it is = very easy to install and can be done in the comfort of your own driveway = with no special tools required.=20 --=20 thanks sporter@cet.com steve the answer is...throttle position sensor $33 at autozone. check out = the forum at www.durangoclub.com for more discussions on the same = problem very common. richard i have a 2000 durango witth the 5.9 and it does the same thing. i = have not found anyone who can help me.=20 help....... thanks sam w. howdy took the fam on a few road trips over the summer months and = noticed an anomaly in the cruise control on my 99 durango 5.9. we = would be chugging down the road long and flat with the cruise engaged = at about 78mph and i would feel an ever so slight deceleration that = lasted just a moment. the interval was quite random but frequent. i = would feel this slight deceleration occur from anywhere between 20 = seconds and several minutes. =20 i watched the tachometer closely and saw that right at the moment = of deceleration the tach would go up 200-300 rpms then when the drive = would re-engage the rpms would drop back down in line. its as though = the transmission is disconnecting or slipping from the drive but the = cruise is still trying to maintain speed thus the rpms go up. this = only occurs with the cc engaged. there is no disco or slippage when i = drive without the cc. any ideers it became such a nuisance that i discontinued using = the cc. --=20 kosmo veni vidi vici ------=nextpart00000a001c36d8d.ff200250 content-type text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 content-transfer-encoding quoted-printable !doctype html public -//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en htmlhead meta http-equiv=3dcontent-type content=3dtext/html; = charset=3diso-8859-1 meta content=3dmshtml 6.00.2800.1226 name=3dgenerator style/style /head body bgcolor=3d#ffffff divfont face=3dcourier newrichard is right on the money.  i = just=20 replaced my tps myself and it cured the same problem you = described.  i=20 complained about it to the dealer while under warranty and they = couldnt=20 supposedly find the problem.  shortly after the warranty expired i = read=20 about this problem being quite common and subsequently purchased the tps = and=20 installed it myself.  dodge wants about $65.00 for the tps so = if you=20 can get it from autozone for $33.00 dollars you are saving = yourself some=20 money.  it is very easy to install and can be done in the = comfort of=20 your own driveway with no special tools required. /font/div divbr-- brthanksbra=20 href=3dmailtosporter@cet.comsporter@cet.com/abrsteve/div div /div divfont face=3dcourier new/font /div blockquote dir=3dltr=20 style=3dpadding-right 0px; padding-left 5px; margin-left 5px; = border-left #000000 2px solid; margin-right 0px divrichard r <a=20 = href=3dmailtorichsterremove@san.rr.comrichsterremove@san.rr.com/a&g= t;=20 = ij6.612998@twister.socal.rr.com/a.../div divfont face=3darial size=3d2 the answer is...throttle = position sensor=20 $33 at autozone.  check out the forum at a=20 href=3dhttp//www.durangoclub.comwww.durangoclub.com/a for = more=20 discussions on the same problem very common./font/div divfont face=3darial size=3d2/font /div divfont face=3darial size=3d2richard/font/div blockquote dir=3dltr=20 style=3dpadding-right 0px; padding-left 5px; margin-left 5px; = border-left #000000 2px solid; margin-right 0px divsamwendel <a=20 href=3dmailtosamw@netins.netsamw@netins.net/a> wrote in = message a=20 = s.net/a.../div divfont face=3darial size=3d2i have a 2000 durango witth the 5.9 = and it does=20 the same thing. i have not found anyone who can help me. = /font/div divfont face=3darial size=3d2help......./font/div divfont face=3darial size=3d2thanks/font/div divfont face=3darial size=3d2 sam w./font/div blockquote dir=3dltr=20 style=3dpadding-right 0px; padding-left 5px; margin-left 5px; = border-left #000000 2px solid; margin-right 0px divkosmo <a=20 = href=3dmailtokosmo@vii.com.chaff-flarekosmo@vii.com.chaff-flare/a&g= t;=20 = .uswest.net/a.../div divfont face=3darial size=3d2howdy/font/div divfont face=3darial size=3d2/font 

From : samwendel

this is a multi-part message in mime format. ------=nextpart000008c01c36e07.e76b9640 content-type text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 content-transfer-encoding quoted-printable what do you need for tools for the install. the tps does that need to be = set by a voltage #. how do you set the tps. thanks samw do you by any chance have the 5 speed auto transmission i dont = think they were out in 99 but if you do have one ... it could be the = transmission downshifting from 5 to 4 ... it can be a very subtle event = and has exactly those symptoms. howdy took the fam on a few road trips over the summer months and noticed = an anomaly in the cruise control on my 99 durango 5.9. we would be = chugging down the road long and flat with the cruise engaged at about = 78mph and i would feel an ever so slight deceleration that lasted just a = moment. the interval was quite random but frequent. i would feel this = slight deceleration occur from anywhere between 20 seconds and several = minutes. =20 i watched the tachometer closely and saw that right at the moment of = deceleration the tach would go up 200-300 rpms then when the drive = would re-engage the rpms would drop back down in line. its as though = the transmission is disconnecting or slipping from the drive but the = cruise is still trying to maintain speed thus the rpms go up. this = only occurs with the cc engaged. there is no disco or slippage when i = drive without the cc. any ideers it became such a nuisance that i discontinued using the = cc. --=20 kosmo veni vidi vici ------=nextpart000008c01c36e07.e76b9640 content-type text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 content-transfer-encoding quoted-printable !doctype html public -//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en htmlhead meta http-equiv=3dcontent-type content=3dtext/html; = charset=3diso-8859-1 meta content=3dmshtml 6.00.2800.1170 name=3dgenerator style/style /head body bgcolor=3d#ffffff divfont face=3darial size=3d2what do you need for tools for the = install. the tps=20 does that need to be set by a voltage #. how do you set the = tps./font/div divfont face=3darial size=3d2thanks/font/div divfont face=3darial size=3d2samw/font/div blockquote dir=3dltr=20 style=3dpadding-right 0px; padding-left 5px; margin-left 5px; = border-left #000000 2px solid; margin-right 0px divnitpik <a=20 href=3dmailtobubba@mindspring.combubba@mindspring.com/a> = wrote in=20 message a=20 = ..uswest.net/a.../div div /div divdo you by any chance have the 5 speed auto transmission  i = dont=20 think they were out in 99 but if you do have one ... it could be the = transmission downshifting from 5 to 4 ... it can be a very subtle = event and=20 has exactly those symptoms./div blockquote dir=3dltr=20 style=3dpadding-right 0px; padding-left 5px; margin-left 5px; = border-left #000000 2px solid; margin-right 0px divkosmo <a=20 = href=3dmailtokosmo@vii.com.chaff-flarekosmo@vii.com.chaff-flare/a&g= t;=20 = .uswest.net/a.../div divfont face=3darial size=3d2howdy/font/div divfont face=3darial size=3d2/font /div divfont face=3darial size=3d2took the fam on a few road trips = over the=20 summer months and noticed an anomaly in the cruise control on my 99 = durango=20 5.9.  we would be chugging down the road long and flat with = the=20 cruise engaged at about 78mph and i would feel an ever so = slight=20 deceleration that lasted just a moment.  the interval was quite = random=20 but frequent.  i would feel this slight deceleration occur from = anywhere between 20 seconds and several minutes.  /font/div divfont face=3darial size=3d2/font /div divfont face=3darial size=3d2i watched the tachometer closely = and saw that=20 right at the moment of deceleration the tach would go up = 200-300 rpms=20 then when the drive would re-engage the rpms would drop back down = in=20 line.  its as though the transmission is disconnecting or = slipping=20 from the drive but the cruise is still trying to maintain speed = thus the=20 rpms go up.  this only occurs with the cc engaged.  there = is no=20 disco or slippage when i drive without the cc./font/div divfont face=3darial size=3d2/font /div divfont face=3darial size=3d2any ideers  it became such a = nuisance=20 that i discontinued using the cc./font/div divfont face=3darial size=3d2br-- brkosmobrveni vidi=20 vici/font/div/blockquote/blockquote/body/html ------=nextpart000008c01c36e07.e76b9640-- .