2003 Dodge Caravan: engine stalls while driving

Filed Mar 24, 2021 · Engine · 154,000 miles · OH

Driving down the highway at regular speed and engine compression shut down and vehicle stalled, as I barely coasted off to the side of the highway, as this situation was very dangerous..

Filed Apr 17, 2017 · Electrical, Fuel system · 242,000 miles · TN · fire

Fuel wiring harness is to close to exhaust caused melting of wires while going down the road. I noticed a burning smell in the cabin of caravan. It happened approx. A mile from my house at approx 45mph and a strong odor of gas was noticeable. This is a serious issue that needs to be corrected. Vehicle began to stall coming up drive way. We still have the caravan but have parked it. We believe when the melting occurred it caused other possible issues and are scared to have it fixed, not knowing what other issues this may have caused that we will not know until we are going down the road, it's not a risk I'm willing to take...especially with gas being flammable and shortening of fuel electrical wires. That's a fire in the making, it's not worth risking our lives or anyone else's on road. I have seen several other complaints on review pages and mechanics blogs/posts. This seems to be a continuing issue that has not been addressed. I have seen that other year models were recalled due to the same issue but not the 2003 dodge caravan sport. Can you please investigate this matter? It could be a simple fix by moving wires away from exhaust but you are unaware that, it's a issue, until it happens. Because it not a visible harness that you can see just by raising hood.it's only when you have problems that you really get to looking and that's when you see it melted and burned with strong odor coming out from under hood when we checked it. Also catalytic converter was hot this should not be a consumer expense when it happens. Due to wires to close to exhaust it seems to be a issue for dodge, since this is due to their fault and not the consumer, dodge should be held accountable for cost when fuel harness wires melts and any further damage caused by the wires shortening out . This is a dangerous/serious issue that I hope can be addressed soon...before a life is lost.

Filed Apr 12, 2010 · Electrical · 64,000 miles · GA

Car started stalling. Interior lights would flash on and off, car would die 15 seconds later. Diagnosed as body control module failure. Due to chrysler's bankruptcy problems part was not available for six months. Had to purchase a junk part and have programmed and put on to keep car running. Part also controls odometer.... Ran mileage up to 360,000 miles from 64,000 miles.

Filed Feb 7, 2009 · Engine · 167 miles · IA

I have a used 2003 dodge caravan which I recently purchased in december 2008 from a used car dealer in west burlington, ia. During the 3rd week of january, I was driving and the van completely stopped and was not drivable. I was in the middle of a busy street and had to had people help push it into the nearest parking lot. I had it towed to a mechanic and when they went to look at it, they were able to start it up, keep it running and performed a diagnostic test on it and couldn't find anything wrong with it. Since then it has been running fine except for today when I was driving down a dirt road and it completely stopped just like the first time. I had it towed to my house because since it's a saturday in the late afternoon, there aren't any shops open to look at it. I know it's not the battery because all of the dash lights work, the heat, interior lights, etc. I also just had it serviced at a different mechanic that the used car dealer works with for an oil change and they checked everything and couldn't find anything wrong that causes that. Plus both mechanics that have looked at the vehicle told me that they can't diagnose it if it starts. This is our only vehicle that will fit our family in and it gets us back and forth to work. When we talk to the people that sold it to us, they claim that this has never happened to them when they had it but I'm starting to wonder because I noticed that other dodge 2003 caravan owners are having similar "stalling problems." our vehicle has 167,000 miles on it- it had around 163,00 on it when we purchased it. We would like to get this resolved. It's a good running vehicle when it runs.

Filed Aug 9, 2007 · Electrical, Engine · 56,412 miles · MI

Automatic transmission, 56,432 miles, original owner the first time it wouldn't start back up after having it off for 5 minutes. Once it was towed it started right back up (about an hour later, in the dealership parking lot). The next day after driving it about 10 miles two different times and having it on/off numerous times and then having it parked for about 45 minutes, I got in and started it no problem. Two blocks later it died completely. Again everything worked including the A/C, radio and lights with no surge in power. About 1/2 hour later when the tow truck showed up, it started without any issues. Weird thing is the lights, AC and everything else work just fine!! It doesn't even seem as if there is a drain on them. When I turn the ignition, it doesn't do anything, no clicks, no "starting", nothing!!! Also both times it wouldn't start/stalled, it was on an incline. The first time was in a drive way where the front was up higher and the second time was going down a hill. And when it was started it was on a flat surface. It has been at the dealership since last night and of course it is not happening there. They did hook it up to the machine since my check engine light came on the second night when it died, but there were not any messages that came out. It has been at the dealer for 9 days, yesterday was the first day that they were able to get it to replicate the problem. They had already replaced two parts, including the fuse box. The 3rd part they are considering is on national backorder, but supposedly was sent out to the dealership. I believe the 3rd part is the main computer.

Filed Jun 3, 2006 · Electrical · 39,289 miles · VA

My wife was driving her 2003 dodge caravan sport, on highway 664 when the alarm indication came on and the van stalled out, had to be towed home. It would not start until the next morning and this time on 664 with my two children in the van and an 18 wheeler behind her the alarm light came on again and the darn thing stalled out again. Again it was towed home and it is still won't start. I called the dealership they said there is nothing they can do for me since I bought the van used in aug 2004. I called the dodge corporate office and they said the same thing, the van only has 39,294 miles on it. The second time my wife and children were almost killed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Took the van to firestone and they put the ecu analyzer on it and found no problems caused by anything it monitors.

Filed Dec 5, 2005 · Brakes, Engine · 64,865 miles · MI

Dt: the contact stated vehicle stalled every time tha he applied the brakes in cold temperatures. The dealer and manufacturer have not been contacted.

Filed Sep 14, 2004 · Engine · 17,000 miles · OR

While driving, the vehicle stalled. The dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem. The cause was not determined.

Filed Jul 28, 2004 · Engine · DC

2003 dodge caravan stalling problem. *mr while the vehicle was in motion it died in the middle of the road. The steering wheel and the brake pedal became stuck. Incident date: july 29, 2004. *sc

Filed Jun 23, 2003 · Engine · VA

While driving the vehicle on wednesday june/1//03 vehicle stalled and towed the vehicle to the dealer. Dealer replaced a sensor. But on saturday june/21/03, vehicle stalled, and towed again to the dealer.