Q: Stalling at low rpms/when about to take a turn after a start.

asked by on September 25, 2016

Hey guys hows it going. My car had an issue with stalling when lightly tapping on the gas pedal, or letting off of the break after stops. We assumed it was the battery(had 0% life, and we replaced it), so we replaced the battery. It continued to happen periodically(every other day) for a bit, then we replaced my spark plugs(which seemed to fix the issue and the car ran great) My car was at 73860 when we replaced the spark plugs, my car is now at 74600 and it's starting to happen again (its been about a month and a half) Pls halp. What could the issue be? The throttle body is crystal clean, the fuel pump seems intact. The exhaust sounds fine(?) More detail: It typically stalls after I either A: put my feet to the gas pedal and it starts to move, or B: when i let off of the break. It will stall when I turn the wheel to turn. It NEVER happens at high speeds, or when regularly driving- only at stops, or extremely low speeds.

They said it sounds like a crank sensor.

My car has 75000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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