CarComplaints.com Notes: What the heck happened here? A year after getting our "seal of pretty good" for the 2004, Chrysler turns around and delivers this crapwagon.
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After filling the gas tank and driving away from the gas station the engine quit. Put the vehicle in neutral and restarted the vehicle. This has happened a number of times since the first incident. Always after filling the gas tank, but not at every refill. Checking on line indicates that this is happening to a number of people and the solution is replacing the gas tank, appears that a valve is allowing fuel to enter a filter which is causing the problem. A more detailed explanation is available on the internet.
First incident: Filled up low gas tank at a gas station. Hopped in the car, started it, and drove off. About 1 minute later, the car shut off completely. It started up again a moment later. Second incident: Same as the first incident, only a week later. Empty tank, filled it up, shut off about a minute later. Third incident: Same as first two forth incident: This continues, occurring every time now.
The vehicle stalls whenever fuel tank is filled even if the pump full cutoff is used. If not full it hesitates after slowing down to turn and then speed is increased. It was first diagnosed as a fuel problem and an additive was needed. On March 8, 2012 it was getting worse and the Chrysler dealer said it was caused by topping off the gas tank. They changed the fuel filler cap, natural vacuum leak detector, and vapor cannister. The vehicles performance has not improved.
Beginning around mid-2011, the vehicle would stall out immediately after filling (but not over-filling) the gas tank. Fill the tank, pull out into traffic, engine stalls. Hope you don't get hit. The dealership eventually confirmed the problem was a faulty valve on the top of the gas tank that is supposed to pass fuel vapor through the evap canister to the engine to burn off the vapor that gets displaced as the tank is filled. The valve was faulty and was passing liquid fuel. The evap canister was saturated and passed liquid fuel to the engine when the engine was expecting vapor. It stalled out every time. This is a serious safety flaw that can easily cause an accident and personal injury. Chrysler should pay to fix this problem.
The gas pedal is sticking which causes acceleration problems. The driver applies more pressure to overcome the resistance and then the vehicle suddenly lurches forward. The owner attempted to resolve the problem by applying a spray lubricant to the acceleration cable. This seemed to resolve the problem but in recent weeks, the problem has returned. The problem is intermittent and may only happen once in every 1000 accelerator depressions. The danger exists when operating in parking lots, around stop lights, stop signs, and in proximity to other vehicles. The driver at a stop sign may release the brake pedal and begin inching forward. When the driver attempts to depress the accelerator, there is resistance and to overcome the resistance, the pedal is depressed further/harder. All of a sudden the vehicle lurches forward. Fortunately the resistance is on acceleration and not deceleration. When the foot is lifted from the gas pedal the vehicle slows down normally.
- Vero Beach, FL, USA
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After fueling car and leaving gas station my 2005 Town and country van sputters and stalls while moving into traffic. This began to happen occasionally about a year ago and now occurs each time the car is filled. I am now fearful of pulling out of a station as I was nearly rear ended when my car stalled in traffic. My research has found this same complaint has been filed by at least 27 other owners. This is potentially very dangerous for owners, passengers and others on the highway. Hopefully this will be investigated. I feel Chrysler should be made aware of this problem since this occurs in so many of the 2005 T & C, have a recall and correct this problem.
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- Niagara Falls, NY, USA