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Caravan/Voyager Starting and Stalling Problems

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#47 of 222 Re: 1996 Plymouth Voyager; engine stops while driving [nautica1] by upnrunnin

Mar 14, 2007 (8:11 am)

Replying to: nautica1 (Mar 05, 2007 10:59 am)
This sounds exactly like my crank sensor issue. I replaced it and the no start / engine shut off problem went away. However - the real issue may be the connector or further up the wiring harness. I cut off the connector and soldered the wires. Been good for a few months now.

#48 of 222 Re: 1996 Plymouth Voyager; engine stops while driving [nautica1] by 1995dogvan

Mar 24, 2007 (8:10 pm)

Replying to: nautica1 (Mar 05, 2007 10:59 am)
I have a 1995 caravan. I had the same problem but I didn`t do anything about it. It seemed to have gone away. But 2 months ago the van hasn`t started and still isn`t. I believe it`s loose wire on fuel pump or bad pump. The problem for me is I can`t get under my van to work on it. I have serious back problems. Also I have a half tank of fuel and no where to put it.

#49 of 222 car dies when put in gear by sherrylangfitt

Apr 23, 2007 (2:10 pm)

97 grand caravan dies when put in gear. The transmission shop says the torque converter shouldn't go bad on a Dodge. What else can we try?

#50 of 222 92 caravan wont start when weather outside is cold by mommybev

Apr 27, 2007 (8:26 pm)

I have a 92 grand caravan, and up until Jan this yr it ran fine just normal problems. one afternoon after driving over to friends i went out and it would turn over but not catch. it did start after trying 3-4 more times. sounds like timing chain had gone out. but when started i figured different. it has done it several more times. but have to wait until outside temp is higher than 30 degrees. have had to 2 shops and the fuel pump is good and so is the pressure? any suggestions. alt is new battery yr old and the starter is NOT grinding? my friends van did this too but started next day? help.. dont know if i need to sell or keep????

#51 of 222 Re: 92 caravan wont start when weather outside is cold [mommybev] by hinesley

Jun 14, 2007 (10:22 am)

Replying to: mommybev (Apr 27, 2007 8:26 pm)
my wife's 99 grand caravan just had the same problem. sometimes it would take up to 20 attempts to get the car to start on cold mornings. took the car to a friend's shop who told me it was probably a bad spot on the starter. Replaced the starter and haven't had any problems since.
 
hope this helps....

#52 of 222 van is hesitant when starting from stop, or highway speed by jakebrake1

Jun 14, 2007 (5:16 pm)

when we start out from a stop {red light, stop sign etc...}, or highway speed the van will hesitate if we push on the accelerator more the problem goes away, almost seems like it wants to stall, any ideas would be great as to what is going on. and it is a 2003 model year, with a 4 banger

#53 of 222 93 Voyager stalls / transmission problem by rpolchin

Jul 09, 2007 (8:34 am)

I have a '93 Voyager. Recently the car started stalling while idling in traffic. I originally thought I had run out of gas, but that wasn't the case. I changed the fuel filter , but that didn't solve the problem. The car won't restart after it stalls, unless I either wait awhile. I've found that if I remove the key from the ignition, and then go back in to re-start, it will start right away. The stalling starts after the car is well warmed up.
 
Separately, or maybe not, my transmission won't work in Drive anymore, but I can get it to run in Rev or in the 1 position only. In First only, it doesn't shift to 2 and 3, so it doesn't appear to be a position problem.
 
Any ideas?
 
Bob

#54 of 222 Re: 93 Voyager stalls / transmission problem [rpolchin] by xwesx

Jul 09, 2007 (11:48 am)

Replying to: rpolchin (Jul 09, 2007 8:34 am)
Not sure about the transmission, but the stalling could be related to a faulty mass airflow sensor. I had a problem similar to this in a '96 Subaru. It would never record a code when this happened (though the CEL would illuminate), but I changed the MAS on a hunch and never experienced a stall again.

#55 of 222 Re: car dies when put in gear [sherrylangfitt] by johnc21

Aug 28, 2007 (3:17 pm)

Replying to: sherrylangfitt (Apr 23, 2007 2:10 pm)
I'm having the same problem ... did you find out what the issue is/was? thanks, john c.

#56 of 222 Re: car dies when put in gear [johnc21] by rpolchin

Aug 28, 2007 (6:05 pm)

Replying to: johnc21 (Aug 28, 2007 3:17 pm)
I didn't get that far. I think I overfilled the transmission fluid which caused the 2nd and 3rd gears to fail. I'm not going to bother getting the transmission fixed on such an old car. I changed the filter and replaced the fluid to the right level, but to no avail. My next choice would have been to check the speed sensor.
 
You can get the trouble codes by turning your key in the ignition 3 times. so off-on-off-on off on (without turning the car over) the engine light will blink. a sequence of blinks, a pause then miore blinks. so 3 blinks followed by 2 blinks is code 32.

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