2004 Dodge Grand Caravan Engine Problems

“After taking on gas, engine will sometimes stumble and most of the time quit running. Tried not over filling it and it still will just die sometime after taking on gas. On two occasions, it did this after hitting highway speeds. It would suddenly lose power and you had to pull off the road. It would normally start back up and have no more problems until next fill up. Because of this, we don't fill up and hit the road. We drive around before driving at highway speeds. Once, it died in front of several cars and a big truck had to brake hard and swerve off the road. …”

“For the past four years or so, almost every time after filling up the gas tank, the 2004 Dodge Grand Caravan anniversary edition stalls. I can be just pulling away from the pump when it happens, or stopped at a stop light within a few minutes from leaving the gas station. You can feel the car 'jump' like someone is pressing the gas pedal quickly and it jerks the van a bit forward. Then it stalls. It takes a few turns of the key and pressing the gas pedal very quickly and forcefully to get it started again. …”

“Since this date, after every fill up, the car will hesitate, backfire, and in many cases die. The car can be restarted, and then will operate with no difficulty. On one occurrance the backfire was so pronounced that it blew the air cleaner off, breaking all of the mounting clips. The car must be driven very carefully after a fill up due to this condition. You cannot rely on getting into heavy traffic due to the hesitation and frequency of the engine die out. I have taken this car in to the Dodge dealer on more than one occassion and they claim no knowkledge of the issue. …”

“This incident occurs every time I fill up with fuel. It began at approximately 35,000 miles and continues until this day at about 116,000 miles. Incident description: I enter the gas station. I fill up with fuel until the pump stops, not a top-off . I start the ignition and begin to drive away. The engine stutters and sometimes stalls completely. After a short distance, 3 miles or so, it runs normally. Recently after my knee surgery, my wife was driving and pulled out into traffic, left hand turn, after a refuel. We were trying high-test ethanol free gasoline. …”

“The contact owns a 2004 Dodge Grand Caravan. The contact stated while driving, the vehicle overheated without warning. The failure occurred several times. The contact stated as precaution the vehicle was stopped to allow the engine to cool down. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer nor was the manufactured notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 213,000. Consumer stated after changing the thermostat pieces of plastic came out of the motor. Problem with overheating has occured for 4 years.”