3.8L ENGINE, TRACTION CONT., TOW PKG.
(NO HITCH) VAN STARTED DIEING ON ME
ACTUALLY ON THE WAY HOME FROM THE PURCHASE ABOUT 4 MOS. AGO. FROM A PRIVAT PARTY WHO SAYS THERE WAS NOTHING WRON WITH IT.
VAN WILL FROM A STOP STALL AND DIE OR SOMETIMES "CATCH" AND THEN KEEP GOING FOR
DAYS SOMETIMES WITHOUT STALLING.
I HAVE REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP, FILTER,
ECM - A COMPANY TESTED IT AND SIAD IT WOULDN'T EVEN REMEMBER THE VIN # AND REPLACED THE NEW ECM, AND 3 RELAYES ICL.
THE FUEL PUMP RELAY. PCV VALVE AND HOSE.
TWICE I WENT TO THE STORE AND CAME OUT
AFTER THIS AND I WOULD TRY TO
START IT AND IT WOULD START, THEN DIE. I
TOWED TO DEALER WHO ALSO COULDN'T FIND ANY CODES AND THEY SAID THEY CAN'T GET IT
TO ACT. I PICKED IT UP AND WITHIN 15 MILES IT
WAS ACTING UP. I WENT TO THE STORE CAME
OUT AND IT STARTED THEN DIED. 4X, THEN I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE SEC. SYS. WASN'T THE CAUSE AND ACTIVATED AND DEACTIVATED
THE ALARM AND IT STILL WOULD START-RUN-DIE
I DECIDED TO KEEP THE KEY HELD DOWN FOR A
COUPLE OF EXTRA SECONDS AND IT STAYED
RUNNING.
THERE IS A DODGE WEBSITE WHERE MANY OF THIS YEAR IS HAVING THIS STALLING PROBLEM
AND THE LATEST FIX FOR ABOUT 60 % OF THEM
HAS BEEN A BAD SOLDER JOINT AT THE REAR OF
THE INST. CLUSTER. I PULLED THE CLUSTER AND
THE SOLDER JOINTS AS WELL AS THE COMPONENTS LOOK GOOD. I ALSO CHECKED THE CLUSTER FOR CODES AND IT READ 999.
I DID ALSO CHECK THE THROTTLE POS. SENSOR
BECAUSE THE VAN ONLY SEEMS TO STALL RIGHT
AT THE BEGINNING OF THROTTLE TRAVEL. BUT IT WAS WITHIN SPECS AND SHOWED NO ABNORNMALITY.
I ALSO PULLED THE CAM SENSOR AND THERE WAS NO CARDBOARD SPACER AS I'VE SEEN TALKED
ABOUT, CLEANED AND REINSTALLED IT.
ANY IDEAS AS I CAN'T SELL THIS WAY.
GEORGE
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