Q: Car keeps turning off

asked by on February 27, 2017

I was driving at normal traffic speend 15 miles PH and my car started to make a kick and my rpm meeter started dropping, did that for a good 5 min here and there till it finally turned off . I checked the oil and it was really low now i put 3 quarts and it keeps turning off, check engine light and slip light is on.

My car has 159000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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