Q: Car starts okay but shuts off seconds later
So my Honda will start fine and then shuts off a few seconds after. If I rev the engine as soon as it turns on, and hold the gas for like 15-20 seconds it works fine and I can drive it. But if I don’t if just dies. I know the battery is has died twice not the past like 3 months. Not sure if that has anything to do with it.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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