Q: Stalling sometimes when cranked
Most times it cranks up but every so often it cranks and goes back off several times.... I Try to give it gas and it does nothing.... After a while it finally cranks vibrates for a minute and hoes back to normal
My car has 135005 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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