My charger will randomly lose power, mainly at highway speeds. While cruising along, all of the sudden there will be nothing in the pedal. Lights stereo etc all remain on but the vehicle will lose power.
When this happens as you're coasting to a stop the dash will read " shift to P to start" . After bringing the car to a stop, and putting it in park, you can push the start button and it will fire up and away you go. Occasionally, but rarely it will throw the engine light, but it always goes back out before I get it to the shop, where the mechanics tell me there is no code so there is nothing they can do.
I bought a bluedriver figuring I'd be able to get the code and give it to them. The code is U1424 " implausible engine torque signal recieved" but they again tell me that is not enough information to go on and they need to have it while the light is on.
Would be very appreciative of any advice on resolving this issue as it has been going on for over a year now.
the mechanics tell me there is no code so there is nothing they can do.
You need to find a better mechanic. Reading codes is just the beginning of the diagnostic process. Recording live data for analysis while the problem occurs might reveal some helpful information.
The code is U1424 " implausible engine torque signal recieved" but they again tell me that is not enough information to go on and they need to have it while the light is on.
Once again you need to find a mechanic that is willing to do some real diagnosis. There are some possible causes for U1424 that come up spending just a few seconds doing an online search and no doubt more could be found with some serious digging.
https://www.engine-codes.com/u1424_dodge.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gDZHInYHbc
