Q: I start car and it dies off if I don't give it gas same with driving

asked by on May 23, 2016

I just bought this car last week and when I start it it usually fires right up but I need to give it gas to keep it running or it will stall out, like sputter kinda I'm not sure what it could be at all honestly it drives fine when I have gas going to it but if I have to stop at a light it will stall unless I keep gas going to it

My car has 130000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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