Why does the car stall when it goes from reverse to drive?

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Amanda:

A few more questions before I can give you a better answer -

a. does your car have fuel injection or a carburetor? (If you aren't sure: do you have to warm it up and or pump the gas to start it? If so, it's got a carburetor.)

b. Under what conditions do you have the problem? (Walk me thru a typical example - i.e. car cold/hot ... do you have trouble starting or restarting ... so forth)

c. if your car is carbureted, it might be out of adjustment or dirty. If it's fuel injected, it may be as simple as dirty injectors or a small sensor bad/disconnected. You may need an engine diagnostic check.

Kind regards,

William Atlanta, GA

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This car is not carbureted, the last carbureted car in North America was made in 1992 and it was NOT a Honda. BTW you can't tell a carbureter by the way you start the car, a properly working carb should not need warm up or gas pumping. In any case, get a tune up if you haven't done so (new fuel and air filters, new plugs, wires, dist. cap...) if that doesn't help, it could be the injectors. Or 1000 other things.

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