Q: Car stalls and cuts off after being in reverse
i drive a 2001 honda civic LX and my car starts up a little slow but returns to normal, and runs just fine. when i went to reverse it goes fine and then once the car is at a complete stop it stalls and cuts off.
My car has 222000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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