# Car die after fill up with gas

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-die-after-fill-up-with-gas/33910>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** chrysler\
**Created:** [July 24, 2009, 3:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-die-after-fill-up-with-gas/33910 "2009-07-24T03:15:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![023ronm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/0/35a633/32.png) [@023ronm](https://community.cartalk.com/u/023ronm)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2009, 3:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-die-after-fill-up-with-gas/33910/1 "2009-07-24T03:15:53Z")

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i have 2004 town & country van and when i fill up with gas and pull out of station and get down the road the car dies. it has alway started back and then runs fine

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**Author:** ![researcher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/edb3f5/32.png) [@researcher](https://community.cartalk.com/u/researcher)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 9:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-die-after-fill-up-with-gas/33910/2 "2009-07-25T21:21:51Z")

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The next time you fill the tank, put less in than the amount that would cause the pump to click off i.e. don’t completely fill the tank. If the tank needs 15 gallons, only put in 12. Get back to us with the results of this experiment.