Other Fuel System Tank Filling/charging problems of the 2004 Dodge Grand Caravan

After filling the gas tank, within a few miles the vehicle will stall. Dodge already has extended the warranty on the fuel tank of vehicle built after September 2003 but mine was built August 5 2003 so it is outside their window. This is a very dangerous issue because it has happened to me on the highway at 55 miles an hour and I then have no power and need to get out of the way of traffic that is going to run me over.

Engine stalls out 10 or 15 seconds after filling the gas tank. Usually on the highway you are turning on to. Its been doing this for a couple of years.

While making left the vehicle stalled while in motion in the middle of major intersection. After a 20 or so seconds, the vehicle engine turned on. Another incident, approximately a year ago, while traveling 60+ miles on major interstate, the vehicle again shut down while in motion. I had to coast the vehicle, with loss of power, to median on the interstate. After about a minute or so, the vehicle turned on. Always upon filling the gas tank, the vehicle stalls while exiting the gas station or shortly thereafter. After a minute, the vehicle is able to turn back on.

Car shuts off after filling the gas tank. This has happened several times. Always on the road and in traffic.

After filling my '04 Grand Caravan with fuel and attempting to leave the pump my caravan shuts off. This has been on an ongoing issue for over 2 years. After several repair attempts I was told today that the vapor separator valve located on top of the gas tank is faulty. A valve that Dodge does not make available for repair. The only "fix" that is offered is to replace the entire tank of which I was told today would be $1600.

The vehicle stalls out after filling at the gas station. Reportedly due to an issue with the check valve and requires the entire fuel tank to be replaced.

Engine stalls within a mile or so after filling fuel tank. Issue began at 31,000 miles and vehicle currently has 35,280 miles. Has occurred every time fuel tank is filled since the first incident at 31,000 miles.

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. So far, there has not been any known accidents but feel it is a matter of time before someone gets hurt. The mechanic said it was something wrong with a valve in gas tank and that you can't buy the part. We don't loan our van to the kids anymore since my oldest daughter almost caused a wreck and almost got hit when the van lost power.

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. I have gotten into the habit of driving the van around a parking lot for a few minutes until it feels back to normal before pulling out into traffic, as I'm concerned it will stall out in the middle of traffic. This only happens right after filling up the gas tank. It concerns me now more than ever since my son is learning how to drive and I want him to be safe.