Q: My car dies exactly a month after the last time it died.
I've taken it to AutoZone and they said that it was not the battery and the battery was good and the alternator was over running but it was OK and that it may be any electrical issue. I've gotten a diagnostic on the car and the only issue that came up was the throttle was dirty and nothing else. They cleaned off the throttle body but it still died the next month. Can drive sluggish at times when I am accelerating on the road and sometimes when I press on the gas I feel a jolt like something is not connecting right. I just replace the battery a day ago at Sam's club. The battery is by Duracell.
My car has 57896 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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