Q: 09 Chevy Malibu ls 2.4L..I was driving with my Ac on & sudden the RPM went down to 0 but still Drives but shift funny

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09 Chevy Malibu ls 2.4L..I was driving with my Ac on & suddenly the RPM went down to 0 but still Drives but shift funny. Turned it off for abt 10Mins and turn it's on and it's back to normal

My car has 88428 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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