Dodge: 1997 Dodge Ram 1500 stalling, dodge ram 1500, dodge dealer

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Good afternoon.. hoping that someone can help me i have a 1997 Dodge Ram 1500 4x4 automatic with the 5.9 engine the problem i have with it is when driving along and have to let off gas quickly such as for a car stopping abrubtly in front of me or a quick changing traffic light or just actually anytime that i let my foot off the gas and i am not going along at a quick clip the tach drops to 0 and sometimes recovers and comes right back up to normal but 99% of the time it stalls it starts right back up with no problems and other than this runs great no hesitating no nothing no missing,starts right up all the time etc.can anyone help me..thanks in advance

#1323 of 1329  in addition to message # 1322... by harryi   Feb 22, 2005 (1:49 pm)
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The truck has 85,700 miles on it and the only problem i ever had ith it was at 68,000 had to install a new fuel pump ( dealer installed for 800.00, what a deal..lol ) other than that and normal oil changes, brakes filters and fluids have had to do nothing put first set of plugs in at 80,000 and the originals i removed looked as if they went in a couple of days before like brand new everyone of them any ways thanks again in advance for any info that anyone can give me...Harry  

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This sounds like a fuel related issue,I would go talk to a local Dodge dealer,(one of the mechanics) and ask him if they've had any problems with your symptoms.I did read a post exactly like yours but can't remember what the outcome was.Is the catalytic converter ok?it could be stopping up(the early stages).You'd normally get an engine light to come on but not necessarily if it's just started doing it.