# 2005 Dodge Caravan rough idle

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-dodge-caravan-rough-idle/126806>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** caravan, dodge\
**Created:** [October 15, 2018, 5:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-dodge-caravan-rough-idle/126806 "2018-10-15T17:06:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Donny21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5e9695/32.png) [@Donny21](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Donny21)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 5:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-dodge-caravan-rough-idle/126806/1 "2018-10-15T17:06:23Z")

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Love your show!! My daughters Caravan is having a problem. Runs great at speed but at a light (at idle) it starts running really rough and surging(not everytime). Sometimes if you shut it off and restart problem goes away for awhile but not always. I was thinking something in the fuel system but don’t know how to narrow it down.

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**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 6:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-dodge-caravan-rough-idle/126806/2 "2018-10-15T18:44:38Z")

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Is the check engine light on?

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**Author:** ![kurtwm1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/13edae/32.png) [@kurtwm1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/kurtwm1)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 4:37am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-dodge-caravan-rough-idle/126806/3 "2018-10-16T04:37:34Z")

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Does it idle rough when the engine is still cold?

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**Author:** ![Donny21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5e9695/32.png) [@Donny21](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Donny21)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 12:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-dodge-caravan-rough-idle/126806/4 "2018-10-16T12:17:17Z")

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According to my Son-in-law it doesn’t do it when the engine is cold.

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**Author:** ![kurtwm1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/13edae/32.png) [@kurtwm1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/kurtwm1)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 3:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-dodge-caravan-rough-idle/126806/5 "2018-10-16T15:57:51Z")

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You may have a bad idle air control valve (IAC). I had the same problem with a 97 Acura only a few days ago. In addition it was stuttering when accelerating at a higher speed. I removed the valve and cleaned it, The air inlet port mesh screen was almost completely blocked. Using a soft tooth brush and lots of carburetor cleaner took care of the problem. It was a 30 minute job on my car.

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**Author:** ![Donny21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5e9695/32.png) [@Donny21](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Donny21)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 4:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-dodge-caravan-rough-idle/126806/6 "2018-10-17T16:06:18Z")

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I’ll give that a look. Thanks!!