Q: My car will start to slowly lose power as I am making turns and on one or two occasions at a stop sign. 2006 Saturn Ion

asked by on February 24, 2017

Car slowly loses power when I make turns or at times after approaching a stop sign. It does stop running but restarts without an issue.

My car has 147000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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