Q: When I come to a stop my truck stalls and/or shuts off. It also idles real low at a stop 2008 Toyota Tacoma
I lost my keys and had to hot wire my truck. It was running fine but i installed an ignition and was fine. Recently i took out ignition and hot wired once again. Also cigarette lighter outlet went out and thats when my truck was stalling at a stop .
My car has 167162 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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