The lightning bolt icon on your dashboard alerts you to a problem with the electronic throttle control system in your 2014 dodge charger.
Lightning bolt flashing in dodge ram.
Instead a sensor monitors the position of the pedal and that information is sent to the etc to make changes in engine.
I have a 2003 dodge ram hemi with the same problem.
When the flashing red lightning bolt is on it feels like the truck loses overdrive or something of that nature.
When i pulled over shut it off and waited a few minutes and started it back up it was fine.
04 ram 1500 4x4 5 7 hemi auto trans.
I have to pull off the side of the road and shut the truck off then restart.
The gas pedal is not mechanically connected to the engine.
It had a t stat running too cold and p strg pres.
How to fix lightening bolt light this video briefly demonstrates how to repair the lightening bolt warning light on the dash of your dodge ram.
The lightning bolt on the dash means that there is a problem with the electronic throttle control system in your vehicle.
Get a code reader and scan the engine for any logged codes.
The light may be on for a glitch and the electronic throttle control system needs to be reset.
After that the lightning bolt is off but the check engine light is on.
As the days went it got worse.
After 10 minutes at highway speeds 60 mph plus it goes into limp mode and lightning bolt light comes on.