Hi you all
I am new to this forum and I live in Iceland so I am not wery good in whriting in english, sorry about that.
I own Legacy 1997 and it is automatic and have 2.0L engine.
So here is the problem.
The engine dais on me sometimes when I am stop on red light and so on
And whn I am going down hill and my foot is on the brake
It starts fine after this
This seams like the rpm is to low when it is in D and I am on brake too ( like on red lihgt ) but this have never bean any problem it began last week
We have owned this car for ower 3 years.
Any ideas ?
Best regards from snow and fire :)

This sounds like a transmission problem or a torque converter.

Does the engine idle fine, or does it seem to struggle before it dies?

How old are your spark plugs and cores?

Hi
The engine idles fine in P but it it strugles in D and foot on brake.
The spark plugs are litle over 1 year old about 14.000 KM
The whires are orginal ones never replased.
I think this is so strange becaus this began just one day last week

Take your car to a transmission shop and have them replace the ATF in your transmission. Have them check your torque converter as well, sounds like it is transferring too much torque to your wheels. :(

this sounds very exspencive

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Like I always say, start of by making sure everything is maintained and up to date first. It's much easier to diagose the bigger problems when all of the little things are taken care of and out of the way.

And yes, the torque converter may run you a lot of money.

Yes, but what could I do what shall I look at fisrt ?

I would first check the ignition wires. Clean all ground connections by removing and sanding where they attach to the body. Next I would clean the throttle body. I would then clean the MAF sensor. Eliminate these items before spending any money. Do you get a CEL? If so get the codes to point you toward the fault.

Is it possible that the mass air flow sensor is acting up ?