Q: possible stall issues

asked by on July 13, 2017

When I start my car and it's in idle or park it tends to run and seems like it wants to stall but then when I give it gas sometimes it'll hesitate in a bit but then after a minute or two a gas will chicken and the car will take off it's actually stalled on me probably twice but then it starts right back up any idea what may possibly cause this I thought maybe it was a tune-up but I'm not sure
My car has an automatic transmission.

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