# Car stalls when braking and idling

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-stalls-when-braking-and-idling/77688>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** chrysler\
**Created:** [March 1, 2013, 2:12am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-stalls-when-braking-and-idling/77688 "2013-03-01T02:12:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Odel\_with\_the\_Beater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ce73a5/32.png) [@Odel\_with\_the\_Beater](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Odel_with_the_Beater)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 2:12am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-stalls-when-braking-and-idling/77688/1 "2013-03-01T02:12:10Z")

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My 1997 town and country van stalls when I brake or idle otherwise it drives fine what could that be?

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**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 7:34am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-stalls-when-braking-and-idling/77688/2 "2013-03-01T07:34:20Z")

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Sounds like a bad idle air control valve.

Clean the throttle body first.  
Check for obvious vacuum leaks  
If that doesn’t help, replace the IAC

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**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 1:24am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-stalls-when-braking-and-idling/77688/3 "2013-03-02T01:24:33Z")

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My suggestion to check for vacuum leaks is to get the engine to idle and spray ether “starter fluid” at the various vacuum lines. If you have a leak, the vacuum should draw the ether in and the idle will react to the ether and rise for a moment.