Q: my car is not idling and wants to stall while stationary or moving slow after it gets warm.
When I am driving my jeap after it warms up say over 75 miles of continuous driving it does not idle and wants to stall when you come to a stop. But when you are driving continually and not stopping no issues.
My car has 126000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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