dakota dies

Asked by ercolson Feb 04, 2016 at 09:48 AM about the 2000 Dodge Dakota Sport Plus Quad Cab 4WD

Question type: General

i have a 2000 dakota 4x4 4.7, it wont start when the steering wheel is up acts
like theres no battery in it but when i put the wheel down it starts and runs
normal, but if i use the tilt up it kills it like i just turned the key off.

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The wires running up threw the steering column to the key locking cylinder, at the joint of where the tilt moves up and down, sounds like a wire is broken. Just need to tear into it to find it.

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