I have a 2005 Grand Caravan with 15K miles. Been to the dealer, twice,
for this problem….and, of course, the problem never replicates itself for
the technician….nor, are there any stored codes for them to reference.
The caravan will completely shut-off, for no apparent reason, while stopped
at a light. This only happens occasionally….I drove the van from VA to
FL and back a week ago and the problem NEVER occured….but, then, today, at
a light, everything shut off—as if I turned the key off. Had to place
the van in park—and it restarted right away (as it always does when this
happens).
Originally thought it might be the cd changer….as it only happened when
playing CDs….but, today the radio was on (not CD).
I’m stumped, and the dealer won’t do anything—because when I bring the van
in….everything is fine. Any ideas what might be causing the stalling??
Thanks….Regards, John
The is a reflash out for a rough idle problem that may pertain to your
problem. The dealer needs to connect the scan tool to see if any updates
are available for your vehicle.
The other thing they could do would be connect what we call a co-pilot up
to the vehicle. You drive the vehicle and when the problem happens you
push a button and it snaps a shot with so many seconds before and after
the problem occured. The technician then downloads and reads the data off
the PC. Just curious…what dealer did you take it to?
Glenn Beasley
Chrysler Tech
Glenn
Took it to Greenbrier Dodge in Chesapeake VA. Both times I took it, the
van ran fine. They drove it 8 miles the first time and 12.5 the second
time (I reset the trip computer before turning it in….just to make sure
they actually "drove" it). However, as I stated below, I drove the van to
FL and back…and, for 5 straight days while in Florida, and not one hint of
trouble.
John
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> The is a reflash out for a rough idle problem that may pertain to your
> problem. The dealer needs to connect the scan tool to see if any updates
> are available for your vehicle.
> The other thing they could do would be connect what we call a co-pilot up
> to the vehicle. You drive the vehicle and when the problem happens you
> push a button and it snaps a shot with so many seconds before and after
> the problem occured. The technician then downloads and reads the data off
> the PC. Just curious…what dealer did you take it to?
> Glenn Beasley
> Chrysler Tech
I’m commenting on this one late but are you by any chance running citgo gas
in it? My Dakotas (both my 98 and 2000) will not run that crap for some
reason. Rough idle, stalling when stopped for lights or signs. If I run
any other fuel they work fine but not citgo for some reason.
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> Glenn
> Took it to Greenbrier Dodge in Chesapeake VA. Both times I took it, the
> van ran fine. They drove it 8 miles the first time and 12.5 the second
> time (I reset the trip computer before turning it in….just to make sure
> they actually "drove" it). However, as I stated below, I drove the van
> to FL and back…and, for 5 straight days while in Florida, and not one
> hint of trouble.
> John
> "damnnickname" <damnnickn…@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>> The is a reflash out for a rough idle problem that may pertain to your
>> problem. The dealer needs to connect the scan tool to see if any updates
>> are available for your vehicle.
>> The other thing they could do would be connect what we call a co-pilot up
>> to the vehicle. You drive the vehicle and when the problem happens you
>> push a button and it snaps a shot with so many seconds before and after
>> the problem occured. The technician then downloads and reads the data off
>> the PC. Just curious…what dealer did you take it to?
>> Glenn Beasley
>> Chrysler Tech
Hmmmm, I do run CitGo gas in it…hmmmm, I’ll try another gas station for a
couple of fill ups and see what that does.
John
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> I’m commenting on this one late but are you by any chance running citgo
> gas in it? My Dakotas (both my 98 and 2000) will not run that crap for
> some reason. Rough idle, stalling when stopped for lights or signs. If I
> run any other fuel they work fine but not citgo for some reason.
> "John-USN" <mcgrif…@verizon.net.nospam> wrote in message
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>> Glenn
>> Took it to Greenbrier Dodge in Chesapeake VA. Both times I took it, the
>> van ran fine. They drove it 8 miles the first time and 12.5 the second
>> time (I reset the trip computer before turning it in….just to make sure
>> they actually "drove" it). However, as I stated below, I drove the van
>> to FL and back…and, for 5 straight days while in Florida, and not one
>> hint of trouble.
>> John
>> "damnnickname" <damnnickn…@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:4970e26a62343d90cfa99873aa59cf67@localhost.talkaboutautos.com…
>>> The is a reflash out for a rough idle problem that may pertain to your
>>> problem. The dealer needs to connect the scan tool to see if any updates
>>> are available for your vehicle.
>>> The other thing they could do would be connect what we call a co-pilot
>>> up
>>> to the vehicle. You drive the vehicle and when the problem happens you
>>> push a button and it snaps a shot with so many seconds before and after
>>> the problem occured. The technician then downloads and reads the data
>>> off
>>> the PC. Just curious…what dealer did you take it to?
>>> Glenn Beasley
>>> Chrysler Tech
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> Glenn
> Took it to Greenbrier Dodge in Chesapeake VA. Both times I took it, the
> van ran fine. They drove it 8 miles the first time and 12.5 the second
> time (I reset the trip computer before turning it in….just to make sure
> they actually "drove" it). However, as I stated below, I drove the van
to
> FL and back…and, for 5 straight days while in Florida, and not one hint
of
> trouble.
> John
> "damnnickname" <damnnickn…@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:4970e26a62343d90cfa99873aa59cf67@localhost.talkaboutautos.com…
> > The is a reflash out for a rough idle problem that may pertain to your
> > problem. The dealer needs to connect the scan tool to see if any updates
> > are available for your vehicle.
> > The other thing they could do would be connect what we call a co-pilot
up
> > to the vehicle. You drive the vehicle and when the problem happens you
> > push a button and it snaps a shot with so many seconds before and after
> > the problem occured. The technician then downloads and reads the data
off
> > the PC. Just curious…what dealer did you take it to?
> > Glenn Beasley
> > Chrysler Tech
Well at least they put fourth effort to try to duplicate the problem. Most
places would only drive it around the block. But either way the next time
you go to the dealer have them check to see if there is an update for the
engine controller.
Glenn Beasley