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  • Feb 19, 2009, 01:16 PM
    Traviskr
    Car stalling with hard turns.
    I have a dodge ram van 2003 v6. It stalls if I make a hard right or left turn at a slow speed. Any ideas why?
  • Feb 20, 2009, 09:41 AM
    this8384

    Do a load test on the battery; extra strain could be dragging the vehicle down. If the battery is weak, it's not going to hold up under pressure. Let us know if you find anything out.
  • Feb 20, 2009, 01:04 PM
    smearcase

    It is possible that the power steering pump is not working properly and is causing extra load on the engine at essentially idle speed when making turns.
  • Feb 20, 2009, 01:37 PM
    450donn

    See, when I read this I immediately thought of a fuel problem. If the pickup tube is broken off or damaged or plugged the fuel sloshing around in the tank could be starving the engine.
  • Feb 20, 2009, 01:42 PM
    spitvenom

    I have a 2000 cougar that does the same thing only on left hand turns and only when I have a half tank or less left. I took it in to the shop so many times and every time they said it was something different fuel pump the filter the fuel line etc. Still isn't fixed I kind of learned to live with it.
  • Feb 20, 2009, 02:03 PM
    this8384

    I don't know that the OP's problem is fuel-related; I could see if they were taking fast turns causing the fuel to slosh around but they said the problem happens at slow speeds.

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