What to Do When a Car Suddenly Stalls While Driving?
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Here are the steps to handle a sudden car stall while driving: 1. First, stay calm and try to stabilize the car as much as possible without steering. Turn on the hazard lights and apply slight braking if necessary. 2. For manual transmission cars, press the clutch pedal, shift the gear lever into the appropriate gear based on the speed, then release the clutch to use the vehicle's momentum to restart the engine. This is similar to push-starting the engine, or you can directly restart the engine. 3. For automatic transmission cars, carefully shift the gear into neutral (ensure not to mistakenly shift into reverse gear (R), as this could damage the transmission), then restart the engine. Alternatively, you can turn on the hazard lights, pull over to the side of the road, and then restart the engine.