My 94 Grand Caravan stopped jerking hard at a signal while waiting. I started the engine, it's ok untill I change the gear into over drive or reverse. It would die again. Somehow gear 3 worked ok.

This van has a little whirling noise while driving at low speed.
Also on highway after traffic jammed up the rpm goes high and doesn't come down. I have to get got of highway, stop the engine, and wait 10 minutes or more to start the engine with normal rpm. It has a 200K mile odometer reading and former owner said it has transmission rebuilt around 125K miles. It has new fan gasket job a month ago because it was leaking a lot.

What's wrong with this van?

What is the cheapest remedy for it?

Thank you very much in advance for any suggestions or opinions.

Please ask me if you need more information.

The RPM problem you describe is the engagement of "limp home mode". You are supposed to take it in for service when that happens to avoid a total failure and get stranded. "Limp home mode" locks the trans into second gear so you can get home if the trans has a problem. Error codes regarding the failure are stored in you trans computer and can be read by most modern shops.

I don't think I know of any cheap remedy for the ailment you have described and the high mileage of your car. At this point I will say that it's even dangerous to drive the van especially in the freeway.

neon_rt, DonSor, thank you.
I will take the van to mechanics tommorow.

neon_rt, DonSor, thank you.
I will take the van to mechanics tommorow.


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