# Car Stalling - Automatic Transmission

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-stalling-automatic-transmission/74657>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** bmw\
**Created:** [September 23, 2012, 7:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-stalling-automatic-transmission/74657 "2012-09-23T19:24:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![mfenzel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/53a042/32.png) [@mfenzel](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mfenzel)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 7:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-stalling-automatic-transmission/74657/1 "2012-09-23T19:24:42Z")

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So a few weeks ago my car stalled when I was backing out of a parking spot. It then continued to stall when I was trying to drive through the parking lot. I chalked it up to being low on gas. When I got on the highway it stopped doing it. Then I filled up with gas and it continued to stall while going from a stop position. There is gas and when I go to shift from Reverse to Drive it stalls out when I push the gas. It is almost as if the fuel is not coming through but if I punch it then it does not stall. I’ve had a number of car issues in the past and I’ve never experienced anything like this before.

This is an automatic 2003 BMW 330xi.

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**Author:** ![transman618](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/transman618/32/24_2.png) [@transman618](https://community.cartalk.com/u/transman618)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 7:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-stalling-automatic-transmission/74657/2 "2012-09-23T19:48:00Z")

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Has the computer been scanned yet. If not, I recommend you start there, it might give some insight as to what is going on.

transman