# Relay problem or something else **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** ram, dodge, 1500\ **Created:** [January 4, 2010, 6:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/relay-problem-or-something-else/41839 "2010-01-04T06:21:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JohNey2010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/edb3f5/32.png) [@JohNey2010](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JohNey2010)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 6:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/relay-problem-or-something-else/41839/1 "2010-01-04T06:21:38Z")
1998 dodge truck runs after key is turned off replaced ignition sw same result ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 11:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/relay-problem-or-something-else/41839/2 "2010-01-04T11:22:46Z")
Diesel or gasoline? How have you been getting it to turn off? ---
**Author:** ![hellokit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6a8cbe/32.png) [@hellokit](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hellokit)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 12:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/relay-problem-or-something-else/41839/3 "2010-01-04T12:00:05Z")
If you replaced the part the key goes into, and that didn’t work, you now need to check the other part (the actual SWITCH part). Of course, it’s possible that wiring is at fault. I won’t say anything about checking the RUN circuit using a wiring diagram and an electrical multimeter. ---
**Author:** ![JohNey2010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/edb3f5/32.png) [@JohNey2010](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JohNey2010)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 2:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/relay-problem-or-something-else/41839/4 "2010-01-04T14:29:45Z")
gasoline eng, i didnt do any thing a “gremlin” shut it off, however there has been a slow drain on the battery that is still an issue ---
**Author:** ![JohNey2010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/edb3f5/32.png) [@JohNey2010](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JohNey2010)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/relay-problem-or-something-else/41839/5 "2010-01-04T14:33:54Z")
perhaps that is all or part of the problem,it would be helpful if i knew the sequence of events when the igtion key is turned on and off ---
**Author:** ![87\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/f14d63/32.png) [@87\_Ranger](https://community.cartalk.com/u/87_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 3:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/relay-problem-or-something-else/41839/6 "2010-01-04T15:55:35Z")
Are you talking about “dieseling” or does it continue to run as if the key was not turned off? ---
**Author:** ![JohNey2010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/edb3f5/32.png) [@JohNey2010](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JohNey2010)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 5:34am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/relay-problem-or-something-else/41839/7 "2010-01-05T05:34:53Z")
runs like the key is in the run position ---
**Author:** ![geeaea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@geeaea](https://community.cartalk.com/u/geeaea)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 6:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/relay-problem-or-something-else/41839/8 "2010-01-05T06:16:04Z")
If you want a SWAG, see if your ASD (auto shut down) relay is the same as another one in the PDC (power distribution center) under the hood. If so, swap it and see if the condition evaporates with the engine running, but appears somewhere else.