Q: The car stalled at the traffic light, started from park
My car has gone about 160,000 miles. The car runs fine generally. But the other day, the car stalled while I was stopped at the traffic light. I managed to restart it by putting it in park first. After that, it ran great. What could cause my car to stall?
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