Every few minutes for nine months, the Ruptela R1 dongle asked the Ram's engine computer: "Any problems?" The answer came back 94,022 times. Ninety-nine point seven percent of those answers were "No." That's not the absence of bad news — it's ninety-four thousand timestamped, verifiable receipts of good health. This is something no used-car listing, no Carfax report, and no dealer inspection can match: a cryptographically anchored engine-health diary, one reading every three minutes, for the life of the vehicle.
The engine-control module detected that its main power relay lost voltage earlier than expected after shutdown. On a 2025 Ram 1500, this fires routinely on the first key-cycle after any battery disconnect — including the one that happens when you plug in a new OBD dongle.
Implication: none. The code clears after one full drive cycle. It's the automotive equivalent of a router rebooting after you plug in a new Ethernet cable.
Reported: 6 times between 27 Jul 14:51 and 28 Jul 09:52, then never again.
A Stellantis-specific code that records when the powertrain-control module's long-term memory has been cleared. Same cause as P068A: battery interruption when the Ruptela R1 dongle was first installed.
Implication: none. The PCM relearns its adaptive values over the next 50–100 miles of driving. No warranty flag.
Reported: same 6-entry window as P068A. Paired together each time.
| # | TIMESTAMP | CODES PRESENT | MIL STATUS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-07-27 20:51:02 UTC | P068A, P1DB1 | ON |
| 2 | 2025-07-28 13:56:31 UTC | P068A, P1DB1 | ON |
| 3 | 2025-07-28 13:57:14 UTC | P068A, P1DB1 | ON |
| 4 | 2025-07-28 15:18:24 UTC | P068A, P1DB1 | ON |
| 5 | 2025-07-28 15:51:24 UTC | P068A, P1DB1 | ON |
| 6 | 2025-07-28 15:52:07 UTC | P068A, P1DB1 | ON |
| — | 2025-07-28 through 2026-04-15 | (cleared) | OFF |
The healthy summary: the Ram drove 10,000+ miles without throwing a single new diagnostic code. The two we caught were "the dongle got plugged in" codes, which is not a complaint about the truck — it's a complaint about us.
Imagine selling this truck in three years. Instead of saying “no problems,” you hand the buyer ninety-four thousand timestamped receipts that prove it. That's what data ownership actually means.— ON THE VALUE OF PROVABLE HEALTH
The Ram's OBD port was polled for diagnostic status roughly every three minutes, twenty-four hours a day, for two hundred sixty-three days. Every response was timestamped and pushed to the DIMO network. After the first day's install codes cleared, not one of the remaining 93,724 readings reported a fault. That's not "we didn't check." That's "we checked ninety-three thousand seven hundred twenty-four times, and every time the answer was the same: healthy."
A traditional vehicle history report tells you what was reported. This is what was measured — ninety-four thousand times, by the engine itself, anchored to a blockchain-signed data stream. The difference is the difference between a claim and a receipt.