Q: Driving and the car slows down and stalls security light flashes

asked by on March 30, 2018

When im driving all of a sudden the car slows down and the security light flashes on and off the oil light and battery light then it will go off and continues to drive what causes that

My car has 12000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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