2005 Explorer Shutting off

[sjhoytshooter]

Twice in the past month my explorer has shut off while driving without any warning. The dash displays "Check Fuel Cap". I take it off and put it back on and it starts up fine. It is running perfect before and after it shuts off. Should I replace the cap or what should I do? My wife drives it mostly and commutes on a busy highway the last thing I want is for it to shut off then. That would be a bad program if it were to happen.

 

[BrooklynBay]

Do you get a check engine light when this happens?

 

[sjhoytshooter]

No it doesn't. Display flashes - Check Fuel Cap

 

[BrooklynBay]

Just as an experiment, start your vehicle, and disconnect the cap. See if it will stall, and display the same error message.

 

[Georger252]

My '04 EB (66K) did the same thing only w/o the gas cap light. Did it several times before I took it into the dealer for a fix. They stated they could not find any reason for the shut-down but re-flashed the computer. I have not had a shut-down since and that was about a year ago. They fixed it under the warranty so I didn't get too involved in the reasons that mey have caused the problem.

 

[shadowless127]

my mounty NEVER displays "check fuel cap" when i drive with my cap off (have done this twice in the past two months)

 

[Dradien]

I had my 05 Exploder XLT do this a couple times while putting cruise control on while going downhill. It goes to like 300 RPM, then stalls out with that same message. Were you using CC?

 

[gijoecam]

There was another member on here a while back that had a very similar issue... With the cruise set, while coasting downhill on his daily drive home, it would stall EVERY TIME. He did, eventually, get it fixed, but I don't recall what the solution was. He even had video of it happening on two consecutive passes over the bridge where it happened...

-Joe