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Code 16, please help! - 5/11/2008 2:46:09 PM    dakota_88   Posts: 4 Joined: 5/11/2008 Status: offline Hello, I am new to this forum and also am a somewhat new dakota owner.  I appreciate any help I can get.  I own a 1988 dakota with a 3.9L and a 5spd. The Problem:  I was driving the other day and the truck's engine just flat out died.  I tow roped it home and ran the codes and came up with code 11 and 16.  I replaced distributor pick up (code 11) and the code went away but I am still getting code 16 or loss of battery voltage.  I put a voltmeter on the coil and found out that it is not seeing any voltage with the key on or cranking.  I have a spare computer and swapped it in just to take a wild stab at it and the same code 16 appeared.  Also, I traced the (+) coil wire back to a solenoid on the driver side fenderwell.  The solenoid had four wires going to it: 2 blue, red, and a green.  After probing I found out that 2 blue wire had 12 volts going to them while the coil wire (green) and a red wire were reading nothing.  Being a smart-a&# I jumped 12 volts from one of the blue wires to the coil wire in the relay and toasted a computer.  Luckily I have a spare, but otherwise does anyone know what the four wires going to this relay do?  Other than a bad relay, what could cause this problem? Thanks for any advice, I am on a mission to either get this truck running or die trying. Post #: 1

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