Q: Idles and stalls again.
Car idles really rough, but when you get it out on the road at higher speeds it almost completely clears up. then when you slow down to stop at stop sign it almost doesnt stay running its idling so badly. put new injectors in it but didnt help . almost made it worse. Also ABS light wont go off. The breaks have all been serviced but the light on the dash wont stop flashing the word STOP at me and ABS.
My car has 200000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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