I started my car earlier to back out of a parking space a...
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Chris (aka-Moose)
245 days ago
Howdy from Tennessee, I'm Chris aka Moose. Who am I helping today? I'm glad you've come here to get help. I will do my best to get the answer you are looking for. I help many customers, so sometimes my replies are delayed, I will respond once available. I try to be online at 1-5 pm and 10 pm-5 am every day.
- You mentioned you shifted to park and shut the engine off.
- Are you sure the engine was in fact still running? I ask because all the symptoms point to the engine not running because it stalled.
Customer
245 days ago
My name is \*\*\*\*\* \*\*\*\*\* I think my engine was still running, it's never done that before and all of my lights/sensors were still working. It's an automatic if that makes a difference
Customer
245 days ago
I was backing out of a parking space when it happened. I don't know what would've caused it to stall if I hadn't turned the key into the off position yet
Chris (aka-Moose)
245 days ago
Hello, Hope
I believe the concern here is going to be an intermittent low-pressure issue within the transmission that has caused the converter clutch to engage prematurely. My suggestion is to service the transmission fluid than do some system cleanups on the engine to get it running its best. [https://www.dropbox.com/s/r2cimvb2blyqgnj/Air%20Fuel%20System%20Service.png?dl=0](https://www.dropbox.com/s/r2cimvb2blyqgnj/Air%20Fuel%20System%20Service.png?dl=0)
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Chris (aka-Moose)
245 days ago
Checking in with you. Please let me know if you liked my answer, or need more help.
Customer
245 days ago
Yeah, thank you
Chris (aka-Moose)
245 days ago
Glad to help
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