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check engine light flashing and truck losing power..help?

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Old Aug 17, 2008
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Icon5 check engine light flashing and truck losing power..help?

Okay I got on the interstate and was merging over and all of a sudden my check engine light started flashing and the truck started losing power. So I pulled over and after a minute of sitting it went away and everything seemed fine. So I went ahead and it hasn't happened again so far. Any ideas on what could of caused it?
 
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the same kind of thing happened to me my alternator went bad which caused the battery to die and lose power. that could be it. did the battery light turn on also?
 
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soft code.. try and get it scanned
 
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Originally Posted by cchsbuzz19
the same kind of thing happened to me my alternator went bad which caused the battery to die and lose power. that could be it. did the battery light turn on also?
No battery light. Just Check engine like and it was flashing. it hasn't acted up since then. Drove it about 20 miles after it had happened and seemed to be running fine.
 
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flashing mil would be a misfire of some sort. Either spark (coil, crank sensor, coil pack, wires, plugs), or fuel related (injector(s), fuel filter, fuel pump, etc....since it went away, its gonna be intermittent to an extent.
 
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