Q: While driving my engine light comes on and my car will become sluggish almost to a point of stopping. What might cause this.

asked by on December 07, 2016

While driving the engine light will come on and the car will become sluggish and almost seems as if it will cut off. A new ignition coil has been placed in the car due to the diagnostics test provided by dealership. That is not the problem. What other potential causes for this.

My car has 13409 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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