After filling the fuel tank I started the car and drove about 300 feet and the engine stalled. Stopped car and restarted it, drove another 600 feet to a red signal light and car stalled again. This happened five more times that day on the way home, ( about 25 miles ) by then it wasn't stalling anymore. It didn't happen again till I refilled the fuel tank and the stalling started all over again.this time I had to have it towed. After that I did some research on the computer and found other people had the same problem with this vehicle after they filled the fuel tank. Since then I only fill tank 3/4 full and have not had any stalling problems. Pain in the ass when I go on long trips !!
2005 Dodge Magnum fuel system complaints
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Filled up my tank and drove about a quarter of a mile and it just died when I came to a stopped. Dealer said if it happens again I would have to change the evap canister and the. Fuel tank. Have not done that. I removed the gas cap and it seems to be ok for now. I have to have it diagnosed later.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 dodge magnum. The contact stated that after refueling, the vehicle began to idle. The failure was recurring. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or independent mechanic for diagnosis. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 12,202.
Stalls after filling gas tank, 2 to 5 times, coming to a stop, just driving. Need to restart.
Right after I fill up the car stalls more than once. Today in the middle of the intersection then on the entry to the highway. I know that there are 200,000+ complaints on the internet and los angeles times has made a report about this. We need a recall before some dies.
Every time I fill up the car with gas it hesitates and stalls immediately after I pull away from the pump. If I do not fill up - it never happens. At the dodge dealership - I have been told I need a new evaporation canister and fuel tank as recommended by chrysler. I have done some research and the issue appears over multiple dodge/ chrysler models. Yet there seems there is no recall or service bulletin on this issue. Original owner.
Car dies after fill up.they say only fix is to replace fuel tank. I feel dodge should replace as warranty work because this is a safety issue.. Dodge knows of this problem and if there is an accident because car stalls I feel they are liable.
Without warning, the car shuts down. This first occurred at a red light. The car just shut off unexpectedly and I was able to turn the key and restart it without problems. The engine shuts off while at a stop, while driving at lower speeds, while driving at high speeds, in town driving, highway driving, when it's hot outside, when it's cool outside, when idling. There are no dashboard lights (engine, oil, etc). There are no sounds, no shuddering, no kicking. My only indication that the car has suddenly turned off is that the tach needle goes immediately to zero. I have been able to use the momentum of the vehicle to pull off the road at which time I turn the key to off, wait a moment, and turn it back on. It restarts without problems. If I try to restart too quickly, there seems to be a hesitation in starting. We have attempted to repair many parts on the vehicle but it has not cured the problem.
Filled the car up at the gas station and drove about a mile down the highway to neighborhood. Pulled into neighborhood and car stalled. Restarted after a few minutes then died aft first corner. Car stumble a few more time before I reached my driveway. This has happened multiple times. I can no longer fill my car all the way up. If I fill tank more than 3/4 full car will stall and die.
2005 dodge magnum rt (5.7l v8) stalls immediately after filling up with gas. As soon as I begin to drive the car stutters then stalls. This will happen 2-3 times before running normal. Only resolution so far is to not fill the car past 3/4 full, which is a definite inconvenience. Based on research, there is a faulty sensor in the fuel tank that needs to be replaced.
After fueling up the vehicle to a full tank the car seems to want to stall when coming to a stop. This happened on three separate occasions within a span of 3 stop lights and when you go to restart the car it doesn't want to start right away leaving you vulnerable at a stop light just sitting there.
Post fill up at local service station engine started cutting out then the check engine light came on. Luckily the wife was close to house and she made it back home. I pulled code p0300 which is a random misfire detected as per chrysler specs. Verifying all plugs were in good working order by pulling two at a time. I reset the PCM by disconnecting the battery and pulling fuse #11 under the hood. The check engine light turned off and the problem was gone. Since the incident I have felt unsafe putting my wife and kids in the vehicle. Post fill up a week later same thing. I performed the same steps to remedy the problem. I do not feel I have received bad gas as my whole subdivision (2,600 homes) utilizes this local service station. The 2005 dodge magnum rt has been pampered and all scheduled maintenance performed.
The car, after filling with gas, suddenly stalled while driving down a main road. I had to stop in the middle of the road, put the car in neutral, restart it, put the car in drive, wait 2 seconds or so for the transmission to re-engage, and then I could move again. A truck slammed into the back of the car after it came to it's jerky stop and the oncoming truck didn't realize a person would be stopped in front of him where there was no light or stop sign. I found out later, from a car forum, that the 5.7 liter dodges have a rash of issues where the check valve that is part of the fuel tank fails and causes the emission system to get wet and the computer gets confused signals causing the car to stall (shortly after filling the tank). I found out that it would cost at least $1000 to change the entire gas tank as the only fix to the problem. I can't believe there isn't a recall for this dangerous problem. Luckily the damage in the crash wasn't severe although I suffered from whiplash as a result.
When the gas tank is filled completely full, the car stalls.
This has been affecting my 2005 dodge magnum rt 5.7l vehicle for over 2 years now. It is dangerous! If the car is filled (not overfilled) at a gas pump the vehicle is almost guaranteed to stall because of a faulty valve in the fuel cell that allows raw fuel to soak the charcoal canister that is only supposed to be processing fuel vapor for emission control. There is nothing else wrong with the fuel system. Not a loose gas cap or anything else. Not only that, unless the vehicle is down to 3/4 of a tank or less the stalling can occur during any driving conditions that would allow fuel to slosh in the cell such as, fast elevation changes in the road, under acceleration or mild to hard braking or under load during cornering. I have spoken to my mechanic at length about this and all that can be done is to replace the faulty fuel cell at great expense. There are literally thousands of complaints about this problem on various chrysler/dodge enthusiast forums on the internet. We are just now hearing about the ability to report it here. Try lxforums.com or dfwlx.com and see how many members are suffering from this very dangerous condition. It is not just 2006 models either. The 2005's and some early-build 2007's have the same issue until the design was changed. Any time one of your agents would like to take my car, fill it at a gas station themselves and then try to drive more than a mile without the vehicle stalling and being almost impossible to restart for up to half a minute, they are welcome to it. I guarantee it will stall every time as soon as you turn a corner or brake to a stop at an intersection! We have all been either spending a ton of money to fix it or compensating by various methods to not fill our tanks to prevent getting killed by a faulty valve. Chrysler is well aware of this problem via their dealer network! Please do something about this! Thank you.
Car stalled (loss of power) after having refueled (to full). Occurred multiple times until we determined that fueling to 3/4 full resulted in no stalling. Stalling occurred within 1/4 mile of driving away from fueling location - often in traffic!
2005 dodge magnum sxt awd filled vehicle with 89 octane gas from speedway on several occasions car would stall upon leaving the parking area to enter into traffic and then would restart after several attempts.
Drove to my nearby gas station. Filled up the tank with 89 octane fuel until the handle clicked. Closed the gas cap, started the car. Drove approximately four car lengths and the car stalled. At the time I was half way in the road, half way in the gas station. I put the car in park and attempted to start. I needed to crank the engine for prolonged period of time approximately 4-5 seconds and the car would still not start. Another start attempt after that and the engine started with a RPM surge. Once the RPM smoothed out I proceeded to drive away. About half a mile down the road or less when I was coming down to a red light at slow speed the car stalled again. I put my flashers on quickly. Attempted to start the car, the car started with similar surge in RPM. As of this morning I have 80824 and have purchased the car recently with 80151. I had a similar problem the first time I filled the car up on my way from the dealer. Used recommended 89 octane fuel, left the gas station and car stalled while I was in the middle of the road trying to turn to a parking lot across the street. This was very dangerous as I was right off the highway with two semi truck stops with lots of traffic. Please look into this. I have searched and it looks like other people have similar issues.
After a complete fill up (letting the pump shut off on it's own, and not adding any addition fuel afterwards), I left the gas station, and the almost immediately had a rough idle. After several hundred feet, the car stalled. It took multiple attempts and stalls to finally get the car moving forward. When I learned the problem was $800+ to fix, I decided to try and fill the car not quite to full. It's sometimes works, and sometimes doesn't. It's probably happened to me a dozen times since the initial fault.
This incident, first that I remember, happened a few miles after filling up my car with gas (89 octane as recommended). I was slowing down while approaching a traffic light and at about 10 MPH, my car just shut off. I've had several of the same incidents the years since (about 4 or 5 times a year, I don't really keep track, but it happens quite often still) and that's even after switching to 93 octane, then installing an upgraded camshaft and getting my motor tuned for optimal performance.
I too have experienced this stalling after filling the fuel tank. Takes several starting attempts before the engine will get back to running smoothly and stay running. It is completely repeatable as it happens each and every time the tank is filled. Some have said that the answer is to fill only until the fueling pump clicks off of automatic. Well, not with mine! Anywhere near a full tank will cause the stalling problem any help would be greatly appreciated - no safety issues yet with this issue but would not like any either!
I filled up my gas tank at service station and when I pulled out onto the road, my engine stalled. Very hard to restart. Problem got worse over the years since then, I can no longer fill up my gas tank or the engine will stall every time. I have to keep the tank at 3/4 full or less.
After filling up with gas the vehicle sputters and/or stalls. This can happen multiple times after one fillup. The vehicle is disabled in traffic and can be difficult to restart. This has happened at least a dozen times now and I am afraid someone could be injured of killed. I rufuse to let my wife drive the vehicle with my kids in the car.
Upon filling up or topping off the tank,there is a very strong fuel odor even though there is no leakage or visible signs around the gas cap.this odor remains until the car has been run approx. 100 miles, then goes away.the odor is so strong that I am concerned about a possible fire as has been reported by several other magnum owners on online forums.
After filling the car up with fuel, the car stalled multiple times in traffic. Slowly made my way to the dealership which was less than 1 mile away. The car stalled at the dealership multiple times. I was told it is characteristic of model, and just don't fill up tank anymore. Filled up tank 9/10s recently and car stalled multiple times on highway, very dangerous. Took into dealership again, they filled up the tank and it stalled on repairman. I was told I need to replace gas tank and fuel lines at a cost of over $2,000.00.
Vehicle stalls after getting fuel and only when filling up the tank to full, we don't top off the tank after the fuel shuts off. We now have to guess when to stop filling the tank with how many gallons to add so it is 1 gallon or so below full. The car will stall after filling up and have to re-start if going at slower speed (5-15 MPH) very dangerous when trying to leave a gas station or stop light. If at highway speeds then the car will still try to stall and jerks and slows down. Took it to a mechanic and they found an overflow valve sticks open and let's raw fuel down a tube and basically fluids the engine. The only fix is to replace the whole gas tank $3,000 dollars after labor.
I am in the military currently stationed in germany and my 2005 dodge magnum had to get a inspection before I can drive. Today when I took it in for the inspection I was told my car was inoperable and will be put in storage until I can get it fixed. The mechanic showed me the tank and on the very bottom it looks like the owner prior to myself had the same issue and tried to seal it with some type of adhesive to fix it. When I purchased my car 2 1/2 years ago the dealer didn't tell me that information so I never knew there was a temporary fix to a serious problem. So now I am forced to pay or a rental car and pay well above the price I would pay in the united states because I have a leak and when I bought the car in 2010 there were only 60,000 miles. Please email me a response at the address listed in section 3 due to time differences and I am not always near my computer to check my skype #. Thank you for your time, hope you can help.
2005 dodge magnum r/t stalls after refueling car. It will stall without warning serveral times. Took it to our local dealer and they did not have a clue what is wrong as no codes came up. It seems to straighten up after about 5 minutes of driving.
Stalls every time you fill up, does not matter how much gas is in the tank, almost always waits till you pull out into traffic. Stalls 3 or 4 times and then runs fine till next time you fill up.
My car had been stalling after I would fill the fuel tank. First time was exiting gas station off the nj turnpike and my 2005 magnum stalled. I was almost rear ended by a tractor trailer. Another time I had just filled up and pulled out of station to make a turn for which the vehicle stalled once again. I took it to my mechanic who then in turned told me it was a bad fuel flow control valve, which is located in the gas tank. The price to replace the the gas tank would be between $1100-$1300 and is only way to resolve solution.
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