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RUthLEss
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2/02/2005
16:22:06

Subject: Volt meter pegged
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The strangest thing happened this morning.... I was at the stoplight when the Check Guages light came on. I noticed that my volt meter was completely pegged. It stayed like that until I left the light and it slowly returned to normal. At lunch, I watched it, but it never did it again. Anyone know what might have caused this???



FloriDak
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2/02/2005
16:33:07

RE: Volt meter pegged
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sounds pretty funky... could be the gauge is messed up, or it could be something wrong with the charging system.

My guess would be something to do with the gauge, but the best way to tell is plug an external volt meter into the cigarette ligher and see if the voltage is within specs the next time the gauge pegs...



daddio
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2/02/2005
16:41:52

RE: Volt meter pegged
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could have been the voltage regulator got stuck for a second. if it happens again you might want to pull that alt and have it checked out.



JR
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2/03/2005
00:29:21

RE: Volt meter pegged
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Hey CLUeLEss.
Did ya ever think the answer would depend on what year your Dakota is?
Well it does.



Don K
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2/03/2005
00:33:45

RE: Volt meter pegged
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JR's right man.
2003 and 2004 don't have voltage regulators you can point to.
The PCM controls alternator output.



RUthLEss
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2/03/2005
16:18:02

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Hey JR - F*** YOU! Why don't you go be an @sshole on some Ricer forum.

To everyone else, thanks for the info.



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