Q: My car keeps shutting off for no reason

asked by on September 13, 2016

I'm curious? My uncle put in my alternator because I needed a new one and ever since then my car keeps shutting off out of no where? What could that be? I just got it out of the shop for all the recalls to be fixed and I had the oil changed.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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