Q: Car dies when accelerating.

asked by on November 29, 2016

My wife was driving the Mazda home from work the other night. She said it died in the middle of the road. I got in the car and it started right up (within a minute or two of it dying). I drove for about 50 feet and the wipers were really slow and lights went dim, died again. Pushed it home. Left it sit overnight. Started right up again no hesitation. I left it idle for a couple minutes. I turned on the lights and radio, pressed the accelerator, radio went dead followed by the lights going dim. The car started to chug really bad, sputtered and died. Just started it up again today and same thing happened. When I open the door, the dome lights come on and everything seems normal until I push on the accelerator. I just got a brand new battery as well. Less than a month. What's going on?

My car has 190000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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