by Kevin Phillips on December 16th, 2004

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My car stalls when coming to stop when the engine is warm. It will restart and run fine, but stalls again when I try to put it in gear. If it sets for 15 minutes or more it is fine until it warms up again. What's going on here?

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  • by ben91069 on April 12th, 2005

    ben91069

    Another possibility is to look at whether or not your car's transmission is equipped with a lockup torque convertor. Sometimes, the solenoid which locks up the convertor, malfunctions or sticks, causing the convertor to "lock-up" at all times. It isn't supposed to do this, and when you slow to a stop, the car begins to jerk and finally stalls. A quick fix is to unplug the electrical connector controlling the convertor from the side of the transmission (4-pin blue on GM models). Fixing it the right way would be to have a transmission shop replace the solenoid and/or unstick the valve it operates.

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  • by MONOMOTAPA on December 16th, 2004

    MONOMOTAPA

    It sounds like fuel starvation. Check fuel filters, there may be more one, and if yours has a carbuerater, there may be a fine gause sleeve filter at its fuel inlet.
    Also check your fuel pump. Is your ignition coil overheating? if excessive ckeck ignition system.
    Good luck!
    Suresh

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  • by carburger on February 2nd, 2009

    carburger

    Someone accidentally tops up my auto transmission fluid with brake fluid and after 3 days the same problem happened like your car. I changed the ATF fluid but the same thing happen. Whats wrong here?

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  • by socal619 on March 1st, 2008

    socal619

    also check for a vacuum leak.

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  • by roger on February 29th, 2008

    roger

    If there is a sensor on the air intake, between the filter and the intake manifold, unplug it and see if it makes a difference.

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