Fuel Delivery Problems of Dodge Grand Caravan

For the last 40,000+ miles the vehicle always stumbles or stalls after filling the fuel tank full. We're not talking about overfilling, just filling it until the auto shut-off shuts off the flow. It will buck and stumble when you are driving down the road and often dies when you are pulling out into traffic. It has stalled on my wife while she was waiting to turn left at a busy intersection. Once re-started it runs fine until the next fill-up. The dealer told me it is the purge solenoid and it would cost $190 to fix. The vehicle has 92,000 miles on it and I thought that was well below the federal emissions warranty and it also has the extended 100,000 mile warranty. I have not had it fixed yet, but just avoid topping off the tank. The date listed below is only the most recent. We are talking about literally dozens of failures of this sort -- every single time the gas tank is filled to the auto-stop without fail. The service guy at the dealership said they have had a number of complaints of this type about this vehicle.

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Consumer states that vehicle's gas gauge reads incorrectly which causes vehicle to run out of gas while driving. Dealer contacted. Please provide additional information. Ts.

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Fuel filter fitting under car subject to road debri, plastic fitting will disconnect allowing fuel pump to throw raw fuel all over undercarrage.

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Fuel rail line is leaking fluid, and could cause a fire.

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A repair shop diagnosed problem as a fuel leak originating from fuel rail. Consumer contacted Dodge dealership, and was informed that this vehicle was not affected by any recalls. Please provide any additional information / attachments.

Fuel is leaking from the fuel rail when the engine is running. The dripping fuel lands on the exhaust manifold of the engine.

While driving, vehicle stalled, consumer got out of the vehicle to find it on fire, fire seemed to come from the underside and not the engine area, due to the fuel line rubbing against the right frame rail, this caused a hole in the fuel line, thus causing the fire, claim 16-n141-453.

Recently a plastic bag got caught under my van when I was driving 30 mph. No safety defect mentioned.

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Primary fuel line is leaking. Yh.

Emergency brake did not release right rear wheel after use. Wheel skidded about 3 feet when driver decided to back-up to attempt release. Wheel released with a loud bang. Owner's manual does not list capacities for oil, coolant etc. . . Called Chrysler, they claim capacities are on back cover of manual. Chrysler verified manual rear cover is blank. Chrysler to copy 1998 manual back and send to customer. Chrysler claims 1998 capacities are unchanged for 1999.

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My wife and son had just left church and was setting at a red light when the quick connect on the fuel line popped off and the van quit. When I arrived the engine (fan belt side) had been sprayed with gas and gas dripping from underneath and puddled under the passenger side front tire. I tried to see if it would start and probably another quart of gas or so pump out before my wife noticed there was gas running out the bottom of van. A man who had stopped to help, actually found the gas line problem and snapped it back on, after tugging on the line some to see if it would come off I agreed to try starting it again. (I had already called a tow truck and wasn't crazy about starting it with all the gas around) it started up and ran about 10 minutes and it popped off again. When it popped off the second time we were watching, the dangerous thing about it was that before it completly popped off and killed the engine it sprayed gas over the front of the engine for approx 5 - 10 seconds. We popped it back on again and started it, but the tow truck was there by then and we had it towed to the dealer to get it checked out. The dealer kept the van 4 days and said they couldn't find anything wrong. I picked it up after trying to get them to replace the connector but they said they couldn't replace it untill they could duplicate it popping off, I guess see it come off themselves. I'm driving it now because I can't afford to let them keep it another 20,000 miles so they can see it pop apart. I have checked for similar problems on your web site and found none. I don't know if our van is the only one with the faulty fitting or may be others, that's why I am writing you and after seeing how the fitting comes apart is really scary when I think about it popping apart on hot enging instead of a cold engine. What worries me is that it came lose the first time and think it might be worth looking into because their is potential for a fire, even without the fire it scared my wife a.

Fuel tank dripped gas when filled to top. Tired of taking car to dealer and out of warranty anyway, I ran tank empty, dropped tank and found loose hose fitting in top of tank. Fitting was loose. Cleaned it up and used sealant and reinstalled. Concerned about the flimsy way fitting was fastened to plastic tank. You could just yank it out without much effort.

Fuel line disconnected, causing fuel leak and strong odor.

The fuel pump problem was diagnosed on 11-27-96, however, the van had been towed into Dodge dealerships on two prior occassions, beginning 11-11-96. Initially no problem could be found. The van had died while driving on the interstate. About two weeks later, the van died again in city traffic. Spark plug wires were replaced. The next day the van died again in city traffic. Ultimately, the fuel pump and filter were replaced. Each time the van needed towing to the nearest dealership. On 10-14-99, the van made a popping noise while being driven at 40 mph on a country road. I stopped the van and discovered transmission fuid leaking from under the engine. I called a tow truck and had it taken to the dealership. There had been no warning prior to the pop and subsequent leakage. The dealer reported that the transmission needed replacing. There were no obstacles on the road that may have resulted in the problem.

Fuel pump did not fit properly, causing leakage.

Fuel leaking, dealer says at drain tube/tank interface - new tank assembly required with tubes, not covered under warrenty/recalls. Cost to fix $815. 00.