Q: Car stalls after 30 then take off a higher speed. And it vibrates after I let off the gas doing 50 maybe 60 mph. 1999 crown Vic?

asked by on January 06, 2018

To start my car stalls when take off sometimes it sounds like it want to turn off but it stay on then kick in gear. And again when I try to go from 30 to45 it stalls at thirty for like 30 sec then it take off. The after I hit the gas and let go doing 45 my car starts to shake and kinda wonders left and right

My car has 200000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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