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Anonymous Posted on Aug 23, 2013

My 2000 Dodge Caravan is stalling when I put it into drive. I put it back in Park or Neutral and it starts again but will stall as soon as I put it into drive (reverse works though). If I stall in drive, put it in neutral and then back into drive AND START IT BACK UP IN DRIVE it won't stall. Any thoughts?

  • ddd228 Feb 15, 2014

    May be a vacuum leak that happens only when the engine is

  • ddd228 Feb 15, 2014

    Add a Commentive,not reverse.

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Check your crank shaft sensor. You may also try to clean your throttle body.

  • Dan Alpert Dec 17, 2013

    I had a very similar issue with my 2000 Caravan with the 3.0L engine. It would be mostly ok in warm weather, but when it got cooler, it started being an issue. I described it as being an accelerator pump problem on a carburated engine. No one could figgure it out. I found a service manual for the Caravan and in the troubleshooting guide it suggested a bad throttle position sensor as one fix, and since it was the cheapest option, I started there. It turned out to be the actual problem and the van runs fine now. It's not too hard a fix. I needed a torx head driver, don't remember which one. It is on the back side of the throttlebody so it had to be replaced by feel, but is a fairly easy replacement. Just remove the wiring harness attached to it, and unscrew the torx screws. Just be careful when installing the new one to snug both screws together rather than 1 at a time otherwise the sensor may not go in properly. I had to do it 2x before it went in straight. Then reattach the wiring haness and the van fired right up and never missed a beat since. Give it a try. The 3.0l sensor was 13.00 at O'Reilly Auto Parts.

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  • Posted on Dec 02, 2009

SOURCE: 2002 Dodge Grand Caravan, 69k miles, vibration at idle in D and R

if what your feeling is not an engine miss,
then it will be a motor mount,best chances are the front center one,,
or top trans mount

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Feb 27, 2009

SOURCE: 1999 dodge caravan stalls when pyt into drive

try a new set of plugs, wires, and fuel filter. full loaded tune-up. air filter too.

May also be mass-airflow sensor if equipped. does it display a Check engine light?

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Mar 09, 2009

SOURCE: i have a dodge 96 3.9 and it keeps stalling, but

Remove the air idle control valve on the side of the throttle body clean it and reinstall it will run smooth again.

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