Q: Car stalling

asked by on July 14, 2017

Was driving on the highway and tried to accelerate, but the car basically started dying. Pulled over and the car turned over but then shook for a second and stalled. Got it to start by turning over and giving a bit of gas and was able to limp to the mechanic shop

My car has 45000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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