Q: Missing cylinders

asked by on August 10, 2016

When I take off with the air on. It sounds like it's missing really bad. But when I get up too speed it's fine. Sometimes it dies on me. That everything I stop & go. But with no air it seems fine. What could be the problem. It has new alternator & battery.

My car has 195 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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