Q: Engine dies randomly when travelling down the road
I cannot believe the problems I'm having with my 2011 Chevrolet Malibu! The car will randomly stop running from highway speed, and it died in the middle of an intersection the other day. The car has barely 54,000 on it, so I'm surprised that this is happening! I'm going to get it repaired, but how do I know that the problems won’t happen again? I can’t afford to have my car stalling out on me!
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