Q: Truck stalls, starts back up after 2 min, stalls again starts back up after 2 min, now good for 1 month and it happens again.

asked by on March 06, 2017

Truck runs fantastic, until l it stalls. This as happened 3 times in 2 months. I changed the fuel sensor in hopes that was the problem. The Truck is not reliable enough to be driven, but will not break at the dealership.

My car has 13000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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