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Ok, so I have owned my 2015 Ram for 2 days and ECT light comes on

Tremper126

Moderator
Staff member
Feb 15, 2019
960
348
Truck Year
2014
I have had the SERVICE ELECTRIONIC THROTTLE CONTROL on going for about 9 months now. Originally would come on every few hundred kms and vanish when I shut the vehicle off. It has since become more consistent and I can not go more than 30km (if im lucky) on the highway without the SETC light coming on and losing power. Truck averages about 100 km/h on flat ground, but fluctuates about 20 km/h in either direction depending on the grade. Can usually drive city speeds for a long time without any issues. I have had it in to a local mechanic early into all of this and the code cleared before any repair was suggested. Now ive had a $550 diagnosis from the dealership to "replace exhaust temp sensor to start" and im not sure its worth following through. Truck showed codes "P0546" and "P2BA9"
I would buy the sensor and replace yourself. Makes sense why it averages around the same mileage before it throws the code
 

ingenthronc

New Member
Jul 22, 2020
5
3
Truck Year
2016
I had/have the same problem. I purchased my truck and with in the first week I got the SETC & p0229 code after driving on the highway about an hour. Ive had it in the dealer twice for the issue with no luck so im going to see if i can fix it myself. I cleaned my MAP sensor and EGR tube, i did the new GDE tune, and ive been running hotshot in my fuel. now i just need to go on a long drive to see if it comes back on. It will only show after about an hour of non stop driving on the highway.
 

CAVEMANN

Active Member
Jan 5, 2020
388
129
Truck Year
2017
I have stage 1 Sofaking tuning in my rig and it's great, I don't know about fuel mileage yet but has definitely slowed down regens. OP, you mentioned Edge tuners in your original post, Edge doesn't make tuners for the ECO, but I highly recommend an EDGE CTS 2 or 3 with the tunes so you can monitor what's happening, after purchasing a CTS 3 I wish I had gone with a 2 because it supports forced regens, for some reason the 3 does not. The owners manual states to fill the DEF tank when doing an oil change, that's what I have been following & it takes afout 3 1/2 to 4 gallons.
 
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