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Posted on Oct 11, 2008

When your driving down the road at 55 mph it will slow down like its got no power. The speed will reduce from 55 to 25 and it feels like it is going to stall out. In the meantime,I have my foot on the accelerator.

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It could be a failing transmission. Does it rev hard to get to 55 sometimes, is the check engine light on? You can sometimes get the vehicle up close to 55 when the transmission is failing. The transmission has a limp mode... basically second gear that it drops down to when it fails and it can act like the engine is faltering when it goes to limp mode. The Caravan/Voyager is infamous for transmission problems.

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Need more info? is car missfiring or has been missfiring? does it happen when cold? or hot? and how much fuel does car have in it? does it happen when less fuel or more fuel or know diffrent? cant help

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