Q: Idles and stalls again.

asked by on January 13, 2017

My 2004 lincoln aviator starts right away.. seems strong but when I stop at the traffic light or stop sign stall then I start it again and seems fine.. sometimes while I'm driving seems like it's going to do that but go back to normal again.. what can i do about it to fix it?

My car has 125 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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