Q: Car surges in gear when stopped and it is starting to completely shut off/die after surge.
Truck surges, (tack comes down way low then jumps back up, then comes down way low then jumps back up), not all the time though. And only does it when in gear and stopped. Now (last 3 days) when I am slowing down to stop the car just dies/shuts off. Car starts up no problem but when I slow down again it dies.
My car has 19900 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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