Q: My 2006 chysler 300 has been staling it happens when its cold outside it will start right up and within mins rpm drops shuts down
My chysler has been shutting off completely it only happens on cold mornings.the car will start up normal and about 10 mins later the rpm drops and if not giving gas usually been at a stop it will shut off completely there has been 1 time it happened on the freeway stop but giving gas it kinda jumped and went back to normal. When it does shut off it kinda goes into neutral and then starts right back up no problem like it didnt happen. There has been no codes that are popping and has been impossible to pinpoint
My car has 13600 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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