Q: Car Stalling
Car starts and runs fine, but I'm startup within a second the car drops idle and feels like it is going to stall. As this happens the power gauge drops and then the car automatically jumps back to normal idle. Same thing happens when I take my foot off the gas when trying to park my car or moving slowly. Occasionally this causes the car to stall but it starts right back up. Not really sure what it could be.
My car has 126000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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