Q: My 2002 chevy impala would not stay cranked,but cranks right back up most of the time.

asked by on October 22, 2017

My car all of a sudden started cutting off while driving,It drives fine while I'm accelerating,but soon as I take my foot off the gas to come to a stop the whole car shuts off but when I put it back in park to crank it, it starts right back up...what can this be?
My car has an automatic transmission.

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