2006 Dodge Caravan: engine stalls while driving

Filed Jan 8, 2018 · Fuel system · 181,000 miles · ME

Every time I put any amount of fuel in my tank of my 2006 dodge caravan sxt there is a very strong smell of gas coming from the engine compartment and after the van starts it will always stall out within a minute or two of starting up. It will stall idling in park as well as when in gear and starting out at slow speed and up to 25 miles per hour. It occurs more often when the fuel tank reaches the full mark. I have had the fuel pump assembly replaced which did not change the problem.

Filed May 22, 2017 · Fuel system · 105,000 miles · NM

Van idles roughly and stalls immediately following refueling. We do not "top off" the tank but the van stalls within a minute of leaving the gas station. Stalling seems to occur less in colder temperatures but the rough idle is consistant. This seems like the same problem that was covered for 2004-2005 model years by an extended warranty. This poses a safety hazard as the van could stall in traffic causing an accident.

Filed Jun 8, 2016 · Fuel system · 170,000 miles · MO

Van stalls after refueling. Sometimes moving and have to pull to the side of the road.

Filed Aug 21, 2015 · Acceleration, Electrical · 123,474 miles · NC

Driving on the interstate when dash board lights started to flicker on and off, the engine stalled for a few second, but did not lose power. What going on, why is this happening.

Filed Jul 15, 2015 · Fuel system · 75,000 miles · PA

After refuelling it has been stalling. This has been in cold weather for a while. Now it is happening in warm weather.

Filed Jul 13, 2015 · Fuel system · 84,400 miles · TN

Car will stall after putting fuel in. It doesn't matter how much fuel, car will stall with no warning. Usually when pulling into traffic. This has happen several times at different gas stations. Real safety issue since you will not have any power to steer to a safe place. You have to turn car off, than start car for it to restart. Dealership has replace several items but car still stalls. Now I'm told it's the fuel tank which is a costly repair. The problem is a design flaw. The water/ fuel purge value is bad and the only way to fix it, is to replace the fuel tank. I'm looking for a fuel tank but cannot fine one. Even the auto shop I use regularly cannot fine one, only at the dealership which costs three time more than what they would charge. Conspiracy?

Filed Dec 18, 2014 · Engine · 63,000 miles · PA

Car sometimes stalls once or twice within a few minutes of filling up gas tank, especially in cold weather. This started about 1 year ago and happens suddenly and sometimes in traffic. After driving further the car is ok until next fill-up. A web site claims we must replace the entire gas tank and other equipment. Http://www.topix.com/forum/autos/dodge-caravan/tlg43itp0rvgn1ioq.

Filed Jul 23, 2014 · Engine, Fuel system · 160,000 miles · MI

When I fill the gas tank up, the van stalls after a couple of minutes of driving. At first, I thought that I had gotten some gas with water in it at the gas station. But then it happened again. Then I thought that maybe it had something to do with topping the tank off. So, I don't top it off anymore, but I am still having the same stalling problem.

Filed May 19, 2013 · Brakes, Engine · 60,000 miles · FL

The van silently stalls. So far it has only happened at low speeds. When this happens it becomes very hard to steer and brake. The first incident was during a u-turn with my 2yr old child and wife in the car. We ended up having to make use of the wheel chair ramp on the side walk. Mechanics have been unable to diagnose and unable to fix and this is still a problem.

Filed Mar 22, 2013 · Engine · 65,000 miles · FL

Van had a sudden shake, than engine dies,(going at slow speed) engine light stays on, changed oil, went to auto shop, used a gas cleaner, engine light went out, but came back on a few weeks later, now engine stalls, or light comes back on often, most of my driving is in town or dropping/picking up off kids at school engine shut off 3-21-13 while driving 30-35 ms, and thankfully was able to get off road without accident. Had it checked and 1 part would be $80 to 125.00 dollars. Warranty of course is expired, any suggestions or help would be greatly appreciated.

Filed Dec 30, 2009 · Electrical, Engine · 80,000 miles · TX · fire

I have a 2006 dodge caravan; it too shut down on me while going down the hwy at 70mph and all three of my children were in the van. Thank the lord that no one was hurt. This was the first time that my van had ever done this but was not the last; this van had shut down on me a couple more times. I took the van to a local shop, but never found out anything. I was told that it could be the heat of the south texas weather, but I thought cars were made to withstand all weather. Then it started having electrical issues; like the light would go on and off in the middle of the night, really at any time with no keys in it, the wipers would come on when I didn't need them to or would not come on in the rain were I needed it the most, the dome light would come on while driving home at night, or while taking my kids to school the dome light would come on and not go off. I no longer can drive the van, because it started fire christmas morning while my husband was driving, we were getting ready to go out of town. I have looked on line and it seems that this has happened to others were the van shuts down while driving or the driver smelt or seen smoke coming from under the dash near the fuse box. There was one that the guy called triple a after his car shut down on the interstate and started smoking under the dash. There is about 3-4 dz listing were their van had what they called kindred spirits light, radio, door locks you name it going on & off. A 2006 caravan like mine in fort lewis, wa totally shut down while driving & rear ended another car. There is a website that has steps to trouble shoot the electrical system in a dodge caravan, three are check your ground connection & two of those is if you loose power while driving.