stall

my friend has just asked me why auto's dont stall, ie when at lights and gear is in 'D' and have brake pressed, soon as release brake you start moving. I cannot explain why this is, is there a simple explanation cheers

Dear All, My car (C180 Elegance, 1996) developed a fault where it sometimes stalls if I take my foot off the accelerator even just to slow down in the middle of the road. HELP please. Thanks Sherif

Hi, I've read Brian A's probs with his C220 taking in air, wondering if my symptoms are linked, '96 W202 2.2 Auto Diesel continued running for a second or two when turned off and the key was taken out. Did this twice. Then as well as the over-running started stalling 2-3 secs after starting...

My 420SL was running OK then failed to start. Narrowed it down to fuel pumps or relay. Turned out to be fuel pumps. Car went into garage to be serviced, MOT'd and fuel pumps replaced. Car ran OK home. At next start it ran erratically but picked up. Next start, engine started but petered out. At...

Wasn't going to mention this (partly out of embarassment) but I thought I would throw it at the forum anyway: A couple of days ago, I managed to stall my 300CE-24. The aircon was on full whack, my headlamps were on and the car was at rest. I shifted from P to R (I was in a car park) and lo...