2008 CHRYSLER ASPEN 4X4 Fuel/propulsion System Problems

VEHICLE SHUT OFF FOR NO APPARENT REASON WHILE ENTERING ONTO AN EXPRESSWAY. LOSS OF POWER STEERING MADE VEHICLE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL TO SAFELY GET ONTO THE SHOULDER. SUDDEN LOSS OF SPEED MADE THE VEHICLE A FURTHER HAZARD. ONCE ON THE SHOULDER, THE VEHICLE COULD BE PHYSICALLY KEYED OFF, THEN RESTARTED WITHOUT ISSUE. CAUSE OF FAILURE IS UNKNOWN.

Mileage: 115,000

HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE STALLING AFTER REFUELING WITH GAS. VEHICLE WILL STUTTER AND STALL WITHIN A COUPLE OF MINUTES. THIS IS DANGEROUS AS THE STALL OCCURS WHILE DRIVING AND YOU LOSE STEERING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. NEITHER A DEALER OR PRIVATE MECHANIC CAN GET A CLEAR INDICATION AS TO WHAT IS CAUSING THE ISSUE. FUEL PUMP RELAY(MARCH 2017) AND EGR VALVE(JULY 2017) HAVE BOTH BEEN REPLACED AND PROBLEM IS STILL OCCURS. VEHICLE RUNS FINE AFTER SITTING FOR A WHILE BUT STALLS AFTER REFUELING. OUR VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP SINCE JULY 5. WE GOT IT BACK ON JULY 19 AND WHEN WE PUT GAS IN IT , IT DIED AGAIN AND HAD TO BE TOWED BACK THE SAME NIGHT TO THE SHOP WHO HAD JUST REPLACED THE EGR VALVE.

Mileage: 121,326

VEHICLE SPUTTERS AND DIES AFTER REFUELING. AFTER REFUELING THE FUEL TANK THE VEHICLE DOES NOT WANT TO STAY RUNNING. IT WILL RUN LONG ENOUGH TO PULL OUT, OR ATTEMPT TO PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC AND THEN WILL DIE. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE. MY MECHANIC HAS DETERMINED IT TO BE A CHECK VALVE IN BETWEEN THE FUEL TANK AND VAPOR CANISTER THAT FAILS AND ALLOWS RAW FUEL TO ENTER THE EMISSION SYSTEM. THIS IN TURN CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO DIE. ONE WOULD THINK THAT THIS IS A SIMPLE FIX, BUT THE CHECK VALVE IS ONLY AVAILABLE WITH THE $807 FUEL TANK. THIS ISSUE IS SERIOUS AND COULD CAUSE A WRECK WHICH COULD LEAVE TO INJURIES AND OR DEATH.

Mileage: 115,000

WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE SECOND HAND. ONE PREVIOUS OWNER PRIOR. JUST RECENTLY IT STARTED SPITTING GAS BACK DURING FILL UP (CAR IS PARKED, NOT RUNNING). ANYTIME WE FILL UP WITH GAS, THE PUMP SHUTS OFF AND IMMEDIATELY GAS SPITS BACK OUT OF THE TANK. VARYING AMOUNTS OF GAS THAT SPITS BACK AT THE PUMP. EVERY TIME, WITH FORCE, HAVING TO ALERT THE GAS STATION ATTENDANTS TO FUEL SPILLED ON THE GROUND DUE TO THE SPIT BACK. I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE WHAT WOULD CAUSE THE SPIT BACK.

Mileage: 115,000

THE VEHICLE STALLS WHILE IN MOTION REGARDLESS OF ROAD STREET OR HIGHWAY AFTER REFUELING, WE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT THE FUEL TANK & THE ON-BOARD REFUELING VAPOR RECOVERY SYSTEM IS FAULTY AND THAT RAW LIQUID FUEL WAS GOING INTO THE ENGINE CAUSING FAILING. WE HAVE LITTLE CHOICE BUT TO FIX THE PROBLEM, AS THIS COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE A FIRE IN THE ENGINE AND\OR CAUSE A POTENTIAL ACCIDENT AS THE ENGINE STOPS WHILE IN MOTION.

Mileage: 160,000

THE FUEL SPRAYS BACK OUT OF THE TANK DURING A REFUELING. IT DOESN'T MATTER THE TIME OF YEAR ALTHOUGH DURING THE WARMER TEMPERATURES IT IS MORE INTENSE. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE WHICH NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED BY THE MANUFACTURER.

Mileage: 45,000

WHEN FUELING MY 2008 CHRYSLER ASPEN, FUEL SPLASHES BACK OUT OF THE FUEL TANK INLET PIPE ONTO THE PERSON PUTTING FUEL INTO THE TANK. THIS HAPPENS EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY NOT BE TOPPING OFF THE TANK. FUEL SPLASHES ONTO PERSON, CLOTHES, HANDS, SHOES, VEHICLE QUARTER PANEL AND PUDDLES ON CONCRETE PAD . I HAVE RECEIVED SKIN IRRITATION FROM THE CONTACT OF THE FUEL ON MY HANDS AND HAVE TO GO IN THE STORE TO WASH MY HANDS OR WASH THEM IN THE DIRTY WATER IN THE WINDSHIELD SCRAPER HOLDER. I HAVE A COUPLE OF FRIENDS THAT OWN ASPENS AND THEY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. IN DOING RESEARCH ON THIS ISSUE, I SEE WHERE CHRYSLER HAD A RECALL ON CERTAIN DURANGOS AND ASPENS, BUT ACCORDING TO MY DEALER, MY VEHICLE AND MANY MORE WERE EXCLUDED. THIS IS A DANGEROUS ISSUE AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY BY CHRYSLER. IT IS A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT AND THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE. HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO BE INJURED OR KILLED BEFORE NHTSA MAKES CHRYSLER DO A RECALL ON ALL AFFECTED VEHICLES. QUESTION BELOW ASKS, "WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN"? IT HAPPENS EVERY TIME I PUT FUEL IN MY ASPEN. IT CAN HAVE 1/4 TANK AND I CAN PUT IN 5 GALLONS OF FUEL REAL SLOW AND WHEN I WITHDRAW THE NOZZLE, FUEL WILL SPLASH OUT. LAST TIME IT HAPPENED WAS TODAY...

Mileage: 73,600

WHEN FILLING THE FUEL TANK, GAS SPRAYS EVERYWHERE AFTER THE GAS PUMP NOZZLE CLICKS OFF. THIS HAPPENS AT DIFFERENT GAS STATIONS. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AS WELL AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE. THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME I FILL MY TANK.

Mileage: 75,000

WHENEVER I FILL UP WITH GAS AND THE PUMP KICKS OFF ROUGHLY ABOUT A 1/2 GALLON OF GAS SPITS BACK OUT ALL OVER THE SIDE OF THE TRUCK AND ON ME. *JS

Mileage: 364,000

I SAW WHERE SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE HAS COMPLAINTS ABOUT WHEN YOU FILL UP WITH GAS AFTER THE NOZZLE CLICKS IT SPRAYS GAS OUT, I HAVE HAD MY ASPEN A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AND IT DOES THE SAME THING, I THINK THAT IS A DEFECT THAT CHRYSLER NEEDS TO FIX, IT IS VERY DANGEROUS FOR GAS TO SPRAY OUT EVERYWHERE AND IT IS NOT JUST ONE ASPEN THAT HAS THIS PROBLEM, IT IS SEVERAL. *TR

WHEN REFUELING WHEN THE PUMP CLICKS OFF FUEL AT LEAST A GALLON SHOOTS OUT OF REFUEL OPENING. *TR

Mileage: 78,000

WHEN GAS TANK IS FILLED, GAS SPITS OUT TOWARDS THE END OF THE FILL. *TR

WHEN FILLING GAS TANK FUEL SPILLS OUT ALL OVER THE GROUND ( ABOUT A QUART+) WHEN FULL. *TR

Mileage: 47,000

SIGNIFICANT FUEL SPIT-BACK OCCURS UPON EVERY REFUELING. *TR

Mileage: 58,000

WHEN FUELING MY 2008 ASPEN IS COMPLETE IT DOES NOT SHUT-OFF AND GAS SPEWS OUT ALL OVER THE CAR, MYSELF, AND EVERYTHING ELSE. THIS STARTED ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND THEN QUIT, IT HAS SINCE STARTED UP AGAIN WITH A VENGEANCE OF AN EXPLOSION OF GASOLINE. I FIRST THOUGHT IT WAS THE PUMP, BUT I HAVE GONE TO MANY DIFFERENT STATIONS AND THERE SAME THING OCCURS. *TR

Mileage: 46,000

UPON PICKING UP THE VEHICLE FROM THE REPAIR SHOP, I WENT TO GET GAS. WHILE FUELING THE TANK SPITS BACK FUEL AND ALSO DISENGAGES THE DISPENSING OF FUEL. I'VE TRIED DIFFERENT GAS STATIONS AND HAVE THE SAME ISSUE EACH TIME. FUEL FILLER NECK WAS REPLACED ALONG WITH THE FUEL TANK. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 83,000