Q: Stalling when releasing throttle

asked by on March 08, 2017

my truck stalls when i release the gas pedal and it lets out a burst of air when doing so...i have replaced all the sensors google told me to. ex:throttle position sensor, Idle air control valve, etc.

My car has 142000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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