stals in gear

[Lrossxxl]

I have a 96 caravan and last night it died on me.. it will start and run in park and neutral but as soon as i put it into gear it bogs down and shuts off... no ck engine light comes on and all the fluids look good. any suggestions would be great..

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[next2pool]

There are a couple of possibilites. One is that the idle air motor is not bumping up the engine speed--that may be due to it not working or carbon build up blocking the port on the intake plenum. The other possibility is a locked up torque convertor clutch which is a much nastier issue. If you are in neutral and turn on the A/C system, does the idle speed go down, up, or stay about where it was? That may give an indication if the idle air system is working.

[Lrossxxl]

the ac dosent work. before we bought it they un-pluged the ac unit and as far as the carbon build it that woudl be a dream.... ive read other reports were people had the same problem and it wound up being the torq converter.. fun fun fun... im gonna play with it a little tonight and see what happens worse comes to worse ill junk the pos and buy her a new car

[next2pool]

You might try upping the idle a bit with the throttle pedal (not too much) and put it in gear--if it still stalls, I'd guess the convertor clutch.

[master tech]

Your torque converter is locking up causing the engine to stall out.