David Webb Posted on Feb 18, 2013

Gauges stop working, engine won't idle

The gauges go dead and the engine idles rough and dies; the ABS brake light comes on along with the service engine soon. Or if the gauges remain dead, then the engine idles just fine. Portions of the rear wiper controls are unresponsive when it is in this last condition described

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See the YouTube video on how to repair broken solder joints on your instrument cluster connector. This takes about an hour and solves a number of intermittent problems. I think it may be under "no start" problems.

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SOURCE: Dodge caravan sport 2001

The 2001 Chrysler and Dodge minivan's are plagued with wiring issues, specifically in the brake system where it was redesigned, rerouted, and re-engineered SEVERAL times.

You have a wiring issue (likely wire chaffing in the under carriage).

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SOURCE: 1997 DODGE RAM 1500 360 VERY LOW IDLE

trace your vaccume lines

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SOURCE: dash gauges not working

Check the large multi-pin connector in the electronics bay in the engine compartment. The bay is a fairly large black plastic box on the driver's side. Open it and disconnect the largest connector inside (one screw). Spray electrical contact cleaner on the pins and re-mate the connector. This worked on my '99 with the exact same problem. You can find other examples of this with a Google search. It may not solve your problem (could also be a wiring harness problem), but it is incredibly simple and worth a shot.

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Posted on May 19, 2009

SOURCE: ABS,Brake light "on" and speedometer not working correctly

Rear Sensor replacement 44.95 retail
Shop Labor 60.00
This will fix the ABS and Brake lights, will fix the speedometer isue and smooth out the erratic shifting.

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SOURCE: Had a rough idle and the engine dies while

does yurs have the idle air control motor if so look into that

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