Q: Stalling problem

asked by on July 11, 2016

Car stalls every 3 or 4 days.starts right up,distributor and module have been replaced,vacuum leak fixed,new tempature sensors.only the ignition light goes on when it stalls,always at a set of lights.my garage can't get it to Stall for them.

My car has 263000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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