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Richard Black Posted on Apr 25, 2016

Was driving down road with speed control on when the engine rev up and stop moving. Engine stayed running but will not engage in to any gear what could cause this problem?

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Sep 30, 2008

SOURCE: 1994 caravan...transmission problem?....speed output sensor ?

I changed the transmission control module, located on the firewall on the passenger side under hood. Now the transmission works fine. Bought it at pull a part junk yard for 20.00 and thought what the heck I will try this. It worked.. amen

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Dec 21, 2008

SOURCE: 95 dakota dies when warmed up

yes it can but you may have a coolant temp sensor acting up which causes the computer to open the injectors to much which can also cause this 02 sensor code. when it stalls do u have spark and fuel pressure.

John Jon

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  • Posted on Jan 09, 2009

SOURCE: engine shuts off/ loss of power under load

usually ignition coil will cause you this grief obd 2 scan your engine light to confirm nature of your misfire

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jan 10, 2009

SOURCE: engine seized driving down road, now won't even turn over

The 3 liter mitsubishi is pretty prone to this actually. You would have to tear it down to see what happened, but yes it's likely that you have a bent valve and/or hole in the top of a piston from a valve.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Oct 07, 2010

SOURCE: Starts up like normal but

P1294 indicates a vacuum problem or a idle motor control problem. Since you already checked for vacuum leak then the iac on the side of the throttle body will need to be removed and cleaned. The best thing to do is remove the whole throttle body so it can be cleaned as well - both with carb cleaner. The idle solenoid (motor) on side of throttle body should be removed to do a through cleaning. All of the black needs to be removed from inside both before remounting to the intake. Make sure all connections and bolts are tight before starting engine.

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