Join Date: Apr 2013Location: Desoto County MississippiPosts: 15Garage

engine replacement, 2013 R/T 5.7 to a 2014 police 5.7I've just completed a engine replacement in my 2014 Police Charger 5.7L. The donor car was a 2013 Charger R/T 5.7L wreck and the swap went almost without issue. Start up went completely without problems, with the exception of clearing the air from the cooling system. After returning from the first test run I noted engine light was on and hooked the scanner up for a look. It had twenty codes in it, so I copied all codes and cleared them. Within seconds of clearing them, eight had returned and before I could even start writing them down all twenty had returned. BTW, engine runs great, transmission shifts great, all electronics seem to work fine. The codes appear to be three groups of six codes in the same order,with two exceptions.

P3401 Cyl 1 deactivation control circuit
P0013 Bank 1 camshaft 2 position actuator circuit open
P3425 Cyl 4 deactivation control circuit
P3441 Cyl 6 deactivation control circuit
P3449 Cyl 7 deactivation control circuit
P0032 02 sensor 1/1 heater circuit high

these two codes were only on the last of the three groups
U0140 Lost communication body module
P0113 air intake air temperature

On the R&R all the components on the 2013 donor engine was left on the engine and used in the 2014 car, including the deactivation solenoids and wiring harness under the intake.

I've been searching for answers for two days and have found nothing, any help would be appreciated.

Johnny

Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Tucson, AZPosts: 1,478

I would start by going back through all the wiring harness connections and ground connections.
One of the common causes for the codes you posted is electrical ... ground circuit open, control circuit open, control circuit shorted to voltage or ground.

Join Date: Feb 2018Posts: 172

Wish I had better ideas.


I DO know that in 2013/14 the rear crankshaft reluctor ring was changed. Mostly width was changed. Same tooth count. Did you use the crank position sensor from the donor engine or your car?

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Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Desoto County Mississippi
Posts: 21

Thanks for responding! You are right, originally I was told it was the 14-15 that had the reluctor ring change but luckily I found it was the 13-14 before I bought the donor car. But, still thought you might be on to something so I just checked and found they both use the doorman 907-792. Maybe I should go through all sensors and make sure they didn't change one of them.
I'm now grasping at straws, I found what appears to be a good explanation of what the MDS system does and how it does it along with a troubleshooting guide that looks good also, although it requires a real scanner. I have a friend coming over tomorrow night with his and hopefully we'll come up with something.

If you have some time, would you check this out and let me know what you think? James Anderson and Rob Waltasti on Chrysler MDS
Thank you very much
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