2001 Dodge Dakota with the 4.7 motor.

Symptoms
1. Started stalling every time i would take my foot off the gas and put the clutch in, like when coming to a stop.
2. Now it will start and run if you keep the RPMs up, but as soon as you release the gas to let it return to idle it shuts off...but will start right up again.

This happened before when I had a bad battery, but the starter seems to be winding up just fine. Could this be an alternator or something more serious?

Thanks in advance for the help.

my guess would be a dirty or bad idle control valve...

thanks....does anyone else concur or disagree....should i try cleaning it or just replace it?

Throttle position sensor is my diagnosis. Every single mopar (1994 Acclaim, 2001 Cherokee, 2000 Ram) has had your symptoms and either I've unplugged it, cleaned the connectors, put some dialeletric grease in the plug and its worked or I've had to replace the sensor.

Ok guys, first thank you for the responses. I figure i should post results to put a period on this thread.

Here is what i did.

I removed the Idle Control Valve and cleaned it with throttle body cleaner. I then cleaned the electric connector with contact cleaner and then put it all back together using dielectric grease on the connector pins/sockets. Fired it up, no change.

Next, i removed the throttle position sensor connector and cleaned it with contact cleaner and then put the it back together using dielectric grease. Fired it up, no change.

Next, i replaced the throttle position sensor with a new one. Fired it up and it idled fine. i thought i had it solved until i notice i hadn't put the big vacuum hose back on the port on the top of the throttle body. so i put the hose back on (while the motor was running) and it was fine. All fixed? Not so fast my friends. When i tried to start the truck with the vacuum hose back in place, same problem as before. Strangely, if i removed the hose and left the port open, it would start, idle and operate normally even if i put the hose back on....but if i shut it off and restarted, no dice.

So next, i replaced the idle control valve, put everything back together and viola, it works perfectly.

So, i am not completely sure what the culprit was because i never switched the throttle position sensor back to the old one to test it with the new idle control valve. i figured it was working, so why jinx it.

that is all...and thanks again as i wouldn't have found the problem without help!

Sometimes a combination of all these parts gets bad or worn to varying degrees.