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My car stalls out when I change gears or idle too long. It starts fine, and will idle fairly well before I ever put it in gear, but has problems in gear and between gears.

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Hi I'm litoshop if you feel the engine fine before put it in gear and it don't miss then you may have a problem with a sensor on the transmission it can be sensor or a bad converterbut to be sure you should take your vehicle to a mechanic and have it scanned before you start replacing any parts some mega auto parts like western auto or auto zone give free scannig good luck if this information has been helpful please let us know

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