Q: Car will not stay on after starting it sometimes

asked by on November 10, 2016

When I start the car up It run sometimes and stays started and sometimes it will turn off after I started up. Sometimes if the car is about to shut off I can press on the gas to keep it running but if I stop it shuts off
My car has an automatic transmission.

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