Q: My car takes too long to start I have to keep my foot on gas pedal to start
I have to keep my foot on the gas pedal about two minutes before my car finally starts. Then sometimes when I let my foot off gas pedal it does if running idle
My car has 84565 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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