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Code 43. Please advise! - 5/3/2004 10:50:06 AM    Axe   Posts: 6 Joined: 5/3/2004 Status: offline Hello, everyone! Yesterday, my 94' Eagle Vision (Concord, LHS) has broke down. Total loss of power, missfiring... PCM error code reads: Code 43 "Peak primary circuit current not achieved with the maximum dwell time". Does enyone had the same problem before? How big is the possibility that PCM itself is malfunctioning or the coil pack can cause that problem? Thank you in advance! Post #: 1

RE: Code 43. Please advise! - 5/4/2004 12:32:38 PM    Axe   Posts: 6 Joined: 5/3/2004 Status: offline Updates. I've spoken to the Chrysler dealership technician about this problem. His opinion is that spark plugs or spark plug wires can cause the problem. I have purchased the coil pack and new spark plugs. Temporary replasing the coil pack with the new one did not fixed the problem. I have also replased each spurk plug wire with the another one - no result also. Just in case have temporary replased cranshaft and camshaft sensors....no luck. It looks like ECU has been fried.....too bad Any ideas, guys? (in reply to Axe) Post #: 2

RE: Code 43. Please advise! - 5/5/2004 1:40:32 PM    Axe   Posts: 6 Joined: 5/3/2004 Status: offline Is enyone ever visiting this forum??? (in reply to Axe) Post #: 3

RE: Code 43. Please advise! - 5/5/2004 11:58:20 PM    71RoadRunner Posts: 9543 Joined: 7/28/2003 From: United States Status: offline I do once in a while, but I'm not very knowledgable about the cars for this part. I have a good bit of automotive knowledge in general, but a problem with something this specific on a car I'm not very familiar with, I wouldn't be much help. Sorry. _____________________________ 71 Plymouth Roadrunner 440 Auto. Modified 04 Dodge SRT-4 2.4L DOHC Turbo Intercooled 5-spd. Modified (in reply to Axe) Post #: 4

RE: Code 43. Please advise! - 5/6/2004 11:03:58 AM    Axe   Posts: 6 Joined: 5/3/2004 Status: offline Thank you anyway! Updates. After two days of diagnosis in Chrysler Dealership service senter the problem is still unknown. The technician says that it's NOT an PCM. Do we really have to pay $100/hour for their service??? (in reply to 71RoadRunner) Post #: 5

RE: Code 43. Please advise! - 5/7/2004 1:49:28 AM    71RoadRunner Posts: 9543 Joined: 7/28/2003 From: United States Status: offline $100 per hour, damn!!! And I thought the $75 per hour here was bad. _____________________________ 71 Plymouth Roadrunner 440 Auto. Modified 04 Dodge SRT-4 2.4L DOHC Turbo Intercooled 5-spd. Modified (in reply to Axe) Post #: 6

RE: Code 43. Please advise! - 5/7/2004 8:42:36 PM    dodgemech   Posts: 788 Joined: 2/22/2004 Status: offline We are 127/hr and if you didn't need us you would be fixing it yourself instead of it sitting in somebody elses shop. Its not as easy as you think, the fancy computers don't just tell us what broke so we just change out the part, it is not uncommon for a car to take week to find the problem. Funny folks don't mind when it takes the doctor 3 or 4 visits to get something figured out, and you can tell them what is wrong, cars don't talk. (in reply to 71RoadRunner) Post #: 7

RE: Code 43. Please advise! - 5/24/2004 10:30:44 PM    04SXT614742   Posts: 3 Joined: 5/24/2004 Status: offline Sorry axe, all I have for you is my sympathy. But I would like to speak to dodgemech's comment : At $127/hr, one 8 hour day's worth of your work equals 2 weeks worth of pay for me. If you look at it like that I think you can understand our shock at the cost. You are right, it is not easy, and we do need you because of your expertise. I would love to learn how everything works in my car and how to fix it, but I have to go to work and earn enough money to pay for the one day my car was in your shop. Not to mention the 5 years of debt I entered to buy it in the first place. Food for thought... (in reply to Axe) Post #: 8

RE: Code 43. Please advise! - 7/6/2004 9:51:04 AM    Igor   Posts: 7 Joined: 11/3/2003 From: Canada Status: offline I started having the EXACT same problem a few days ago. Except, my car one day just died on the way to work, then restarted and all was well. Three days later, it died in the driveway and would not start. I was getting code 54. So I changed the crank sensor, did nothing. Changed the cam sensor and took the coil pack off to check connection, put it back on, car fired right up (so I figured it was the cam sensor) and ran great. That was yesterday. Today, on my way to work (highway about 1 hour), after it warmed up nice, it started to missfire and jerk, and then the check engine light would start flashing. Now, I am getting code 43 and code 54 (mind you, I never reset the codes when I was done yesterday, so 54 might be old). I made it home, but the car hardly runs. So gonna let it cool down and try. Also, I have a set of wires and plugs, gonna change them too and see if it makes a difference. I need to solve this problem ASAP so I can get to/from work. Any help would be great. Thanks a lot! (in reply to Axe) Post #: 9

RE: Code 43. Please advise! - 7/7/2004 10:13:44 PM    knikula   Posts: 9 Joined: 7/7/2004 Status: offline Axe, A couple of months have passed since your post. Did you find out the cause of your problem? Tonight I got the dreaded code 43 as well on my 1996 Breeze and I'm hoping to benefit from your experience. Thanks. (in reply to Axe) Post #: 10

RE: Code 43. Please advise! - 7/19/2004 1:01:26 PM    Eagle_One   Posts: 1 Joined: 7/19/2004 Status: offline Hey Axe, I'm new around here and just finding my way. I've got a 94 Eagle Vision as well and it's starting to show signs of the same symptoms listed above. I'm going to start the investigation process now but was wondering if your problems where fixed? Did you find out what it was? Sounds like this is a common problem or at least happening to a number of people, sure would like to know what the answer is....... Thanx..... (in reply to Axe) Post #: 11

RE: Code 43. Please advise! - 7/20/2004 9:15:44 AM    knikula   Posts: 9 Joined: 7/7/2004 Status: offline Hello Dodge fans, I diconnected the battery cable for 10 minutes on my 97 Breeze. That got rid of the code 43, but the car stills runs poorly (bucks under 40mph). Leads me to believe the code was a by-product of my problem, and not the root cause. The check engine light has gone out as well. I'll let you fine folks know if / when I figure this out. Ken (in reply to Eagle_One) Post #: 12

RE: Code 43. Please advise! - 8/3/2004 9:57:58 PM    Lou   Posts: 13 Joined: 6/27/2004 From: Chicoutimi Qc Canada Status: offline To me, all of this points to ECU..whatever some say. Spark plugs and wires do not let go on a sudden: electronics do and are extyremely heat sensitive. Car will start cold , may be run for a while and then start coughing; or will go all the way, then you stop for 10 or 20 minutes and the car wil not start again because at standstill with a warm engine, the electronics lack wind cooling and succumb to heat. GOt that a few weeks ago with a 3.0 liter Caravan (changed the ECU) , got that long ago with a '79 Ford 5.7--changed it 3 times to be exact (it was just electronic ignition then - I would have it start again by pouring a few ounces of GAZOLINE to cool the ignition module through evaporation ) - and.... I think electronics systems are a beauty .... ..until they stop working. (in reply to knikula) Post #: 13

RE: Code 43. Please advise! - 8/30/2004 10:44:18 PM    Steve3.5 Posts: 6 Joined: 8/30/2004 Status: offline I have a 97 LHS and I am having the same problem(code 43 and rough idle) if any one knows what it is please tell me. If not I am taking it to the shop tomorrow < Message edited by Steve3.5 -- 8/30/2004 10:55:28 PM > (in reply to Axe) Post #: 14

RE: Code 43. Please advise! - 9/1/2004 8:32:06 AM    knikula   Posts: 9 Joined: 7/7/2004 Status: offline Well, Another update: Code 43 is back, along with code 12. I continue to drive the car, car misses at idle, smooths out at cruise, if I stomp on the gas ,it accelerates slowly, after downshifting. When releasing the accelerator, the check engine light flashes(blinks) for about 5 seconds. I'm gonna drive this til it quits, then see if the dealer can fix it. Good thing I'm never more than 5 miles from home with this car. I'm off to buy a obdII code reader. Good luck, Dodge fans. ken (in reply to Steve3.5) Post #: 15

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