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2000 Dodge Caravan bucking and rattling noise

Tiny
JANET70
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  • 2000 DODGE CARAVAN
  • 4 CYL
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 177 MILES
While driving home from work today my 2000 Dodge Caravan started to shake, buck and act like it was going to stall whenever I slowed down to stop. Then when I was at a complete stop it acted as if it was going to stall. I put it in neutral and revved the motor and was fine, but as I put it in drive it began to sputter and buck. I made it home and put it in park and left it running to listen under the hood and heard a rattle noise. Is this my transmission? I pray it's not something costly!
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Wednesday, April 6th, 2011 AT 8:04 PM

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Tiny
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Check and test the idle air control motor and the EGR valve
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Wednesday, April 6th, 2011 AT 8:48 PM
Tiny
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The rattling noise my husband found was due to a loose bolt. This morning I drove the van and it was fine. My drive to work is about 30 minutes and nothing happened. I was very, very low on transmission fluid because of a slow transmission leak I have had and I filled it up and all other fluids were fine. So, now I'm not sure what to do. I will ck the idle air control motor and the EGR valve when I get home. Thanks for the info.
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Thursday, April 7th, 2011 AT 12:13 PM

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