1993 Dodge Caravan 1993 Dodge Caravan has no guts.

300,000 MILES • 6 CYL • FWD • AUTOMATIC
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DALIO
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So our family van has had this problem now for about 2-3 months and now its unbareable. when you start to accelerate from a stop the van is fine in 1st gear but once it reaches 2nd gear you cant push the peddal down further than 1/8th the way or else she just sort of jerks and studders cutting in and out of power not accelerating. it usually takes probably about 20 sec. to come back to life. this happens in the higher gears too when you are on the highway if you want to accelerate you have to floor it completely and it will drop two gears and run at aprox 5000 rpm. so we think it is the oxygen sensor
but we are not sure. we have replaced the in line fuel filter. is there anny other filters we should replace? thank you very much for your time.
-Dalan Ruttan
Oct 18, 2008 at 6:12 AM
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JACOBANDNICKOLAS
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Hi:
It could be several things. You could have a bad coil pack, vacuum leak, or other ignition problem. Have you had it scanned for trouble codes? If not, stop by a local parts store and ask if they can scan it for you. Most places like Auto Zone will scan it for free. Let me know what you find.

Joe
Oct 22, 2008 at 2:33 AM
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