[RollinCoal]

I have a 2018 with 14000 kms and during two cold snaps of -30 Celsius it threw that code twice, it was sitting outside plugged in and I also have it’s sports bra on for the winter ... I called the dealer to see if they had seen this before, but they said they hadn’t. I’m lucky enough to be able to fit her in my heated garage over night, erased the codes and they never came back.

Now the other day during the warm weather, she, actually her name is “Christine” those of you old enough to remember that movie will know what I’m talking about, decided to throw “invalid data receives from TCM” at me, I just erased it and went on my way, never came back. I call her Christine for obvious reasons related to the movie, but also all of the incidents that have happened, always happened to my wife when she was driving the truck ?

Coming from a 2015 Ecodiesel owner which threw numerous DTC’s at me during my three years of ownership and dieing on me while leaving for a weekend camping trip, I was really hoping that my 2018 model of of been different, oh well live and learn I guess ....

 

[infotekkie]

Had this issue June 30, 2018 while pulling a trailer from California to Utah. Previous issues were 6 shop visits for CELs followed by "the one" that lead to this. Symptoms prior to it were no power to take off until getting to about 15 mph. While doing freeway speeds, message popped on dash with truck quickly dropping down to 40 mph max and barely climbing up overpass grades. Btw, I have a 2014 EcoDiesel 1500 Laramie 4X4. Found a Hotel that allowed me to park it for the night until I could return to get it the next morning. I was travelling with 2 other vehicles so we kept on going for the night as we were 3 hours from our destination. Took to Spanish Fork Utah RAM dealer and Service Writer Ryan got me in and diagnosed it to be my EGR(s) and EGR Cooler. In the end it actually turned out to be the complete EGR system had to be replaced and I had to get a Claims Manager from FCA to get involved to get it fixed. Happy to state, no issues and 30.000 miles later is running fine except for seemingly a power loss on take off after the AEM.

 

[jcfulker]

Depends. See what the dealer says. Hopefully you still have a warranty. You don't have that many miles on it.

After talking to GDE numerous times they said that their tune would take care of virtually all of these nuisance codes. They were correct. Been driving mine now for nearly 9 months with no issues after installing GDE.

Can I ask what GDE stands for?

 

[7milesup]

Can I ask what GDE stands for?

Green Diesel Engineering. They had what I considered the best tune out there for getting an EcoDiesel to run correctly. Unfortunately, the EPA raided them and for the most part shut them down. So goes for the other tuning shops too. I do see that Sofa King Tuned is still selling a tune though. https://www.sofakingtuned.com/store/p10/SFTECU.html#/
Green Diesel website says "sold out" (as it has for a couple of weeks now). Not sure how Sofa can sell and GDE can't. https://www.greendieselengineering.com/Engine-Tune/Chrysler-Jeep/Ram/GDE/Ram-1500-EcoDiesel-Hot-Tune/2_37.action

 

[jcfulker]

Maybe Hunter Biden is on the board for sofa king

 

[jcfulker]

Added the pedal commander to my 2014 and it made a huge difference in response time. Mileage seems to be going up also. Well worth the money. One trick, add the commander to your cart, then wait a day. You'll get an email with a coupon worth $50 off.

 

[Amanda]

I have a issue with my 2016 Eco-diesel. I lost acceleration at points in my driving and then got a message " Service Electronic Throttle Control " I have 113000 km on my vehicle so warranty is up by 13000 km. Dealership said it was going to be a $4800.00 fix. Contacted Dodge to see if they could do anything of coarse the answer was "NO". Even though the soot must have been building up before the light came on. I would like to know how many people this has happened to. This should be a recall cause it is a safety concern if your vehicle fails to accelerate in an intersection this could become a deadly situation.

If you have gotten the "Service Electronic Throttle Control" or are starting to lose power while driving please comment

I have a issue with my 2016 Eco-diesel. I lost acceleration at points in my driving and then got a message " Service Electronic Throttle Control " I have 113000 km on my vehicle so warranty is up by 13000 km. Dealership said it was going to be a $4800.00 fix. Contacted Dodge to see if they could do anything of coarse the answer was "NO". Even though the soot must have been building up before the light came on. I would like to know how many people this has happened to. This should be a recall cause it is a safety concern if your vehicle fails to accelerate in an intersection this could become a deadly situation.

If you have gotten the "Service Electronic Throttle Control" or are starting to lose power while driving please comment

Did u end up finding out what was wrong my parents are stranded right now and having a heck of a time. They had the same thing go wrong and the dealership is giving them the run around.

 

[DrivingZiggy]

Did u end up finding out what was wrong my parents are stranded right now and having a heck of a time. They had the same thing go wrong and the dealership is giving them the run around.

I was having a problem with this. I changed the battery and everything has been hunky dory since.

 

[jmorden20]

have had the same thing. my truck has been in the shop for almost 4 months now. dodge customer care was crap and after throwing all sorts of parts i called today and they think they have figured it out. Boost Pressure Sensor. they say it is fixed and Ill see what happens. My truck has new injectors, new def injector, new fuel pressure regulator and every hose tighten and checked lol

 

[7milesup]

have had the same thing. my truck has been in the shop for almost 4 months now. dodge customer care was crap and after throwing all sorts of parts i called today and they think they have figured it out. Boost Pressure Sensor. they say it is fixed and Ill see what happens. My truck has new injectors, new def injector, new fuel pressure regulator and every hose tighten and checked lol

Won't fix it. It sounds like you have a truck like mine, except GDE fixed all of my issues.
Dealership put $9000 in parts in mine before I finally got the GDE tune and went on my merry way.

 

[idoseadoo]

Mine came on with this message when I forgot to tighten the battery terminals. Went away after I tightened. I may have reset the codes, not sure, been a while.

 

[jmorden20]

Won't fix it. It sounds like you have a truck like mine, except GDE fixed all of my issues.
Dealership put $9000 in parts in mine before I finally got the GDE tune and went on my merry way.

I thnk i might just have to do that once i get it home

 

[Charles Sundlie]

I have a issue with my 2016 Eco-diesel. I lost acceleration at points in my driving and then got a message " Service Electronic Throttle Control " I have 113000 km on my vehicle so warranty is up by 13000 km. Dealership said it was going to be a $4800.00 fix. Contacted Dodge to see if they could do anything of coarse the answer was "NO". Even though the soot must have been building up before the light came on. I would like to know how many people this has happened to. This should be a recall cause it is a safety concern if your vehicle fails to accelerate in an intersection this could become a deadly situation.

If you have gotten the "Service Electronic Throttle Control" or are starting to lose power while driving please comment

Twice my 2015 was in need of a fuel filter change!

 

[Charles Sundlie]

I have a issue with my 2016 Eco-diesel. I lost acceleration at points in my driving and then got a message " Service Electronic Throttle Control " I have 113000 km on my vehicle so warranty is up by 13000 km. Dealership said it was going to be a $4800.00 fix. Contacted Dodge to see if they could do anything of coarse the answer was "NO". Even though the soot must have been building up before the light came on. I would like to know how many people this has happened to. This should be a recall cause it is a safety concern if your vehicle fails to accelerate in an intersection this could become a deadly situation.

If you have gotten the "Service Electronic Throttle Control" or are starting to lose power while driving please comment

Fuel filter?

 

[Charles Sundlie]

I have a 2016 ed with 47000 miles and the electronic throttle control popped up yesterday. I couldn't drive past 40 mph. Luckily I was near a dealership and left it there. I will update everyone when they diagnose it.

Got me thinking with all these post if it's time to trade her in or am I over reacting?

Twice I needed to change the fuel filter

 

[davegm]

The responses here are a touch scary. It appears some of the dealer techs have the training of a lab rat and nearly zero skill at diagnosing a real problem.



By the way, don't baby that truck too much. Spool that turbo once and a while. It will also help to get some type of monitor so you know when it is in REGEN mode and can choose to run it out.

Personally, I'm waiting on the snow to melt so I can put my trailer behind mine and climb the biggest hill I can find.

I had my first diesel over 30 years ago. Yep, I cleared it out every once in a while, tons of black smoke or soot would come out. I thought I would do that to the 2015 RAM. The blankety blank electronic throttle control went out. DEAD! $157 for a tow truck. $30 to UBER but I am checking now about my extended warranty that I got conned into buying. The finance guy lied on my lending application, got me a lower interest rate and made the difference up with one of those service agreements, which I would NEVER buy.

 

[Rymore]

I have a issue with my 2016 Eco-diesel. I lost acceleration at points in my driving and then got a message " Service Electronic Throttle Control " I have 113000 km on my vehicle so warranty is up by 13000 km. Dealership said it was going to be a $4800.00 fix. Contacted Dodge to see if they could do anything of coarse the answer was "NO". Even though the soot must have been building up before the light came on. I would like to know how many people this has happened to. This should be a recall cause it is a safety concern if your vehicle fails to accelerate in an intersection this could become a deadly situation.

If you have gotten the "Service Electronic Throttle Control" or are starting to lose power while driving please comment

Same thing to me

 

[CMezo70]

I have the same issue. Service ETTC, but only when the truck warms up or under braking.
Ok, long story short. I had a Diesel "Specialist" do a delete because of problems with the EGR. FIrst, he sent my ECM for reprogramming. He told me it was GDE tuned. Come to find out, GDE hasn't been performing tunes since months before mine had been done. I know it was tuned, just not by GDE because of contacting GDE and asking if my VIN had gone through their system. Now, I have found this forum. The diesel "Specialist" did nothing else and my '17 Ecodiesel is now going into limp mode when warm or under braking. I had it diagnosed by several other places, replacing components that did not fix the problem. Now I am pointing to the tune, because it only started after the ECM reprogramming. The EGR was not removed, but the tune was supposed to disable the EGR. The truck has had the exhaust installed to delete the DPF. I desperately need a repair tune done, this bench tuning is driving me crazy. Any recommendations? It runs properly(with GREAT power) before heated up and on the freeway with very little deceleration or braking.

 

[namretsud]

Contact HD tuners in Canada and tell them what has been done with the truck and I am sure they can set you up properly.

 

[CMezo70]

Are you speaking of the one in Sunnyside, MB? Thank you much, namretsud