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hello,,well i had this issue of my 1992 Chevy caprice dying at stop lights.couldn't figure it out cause shes a strong,fast,but would stall when coming to a stop..the battery had died quite a few times due to my ignorance and had charged it numerous times..story was,,found out the alternator was shot,replaced it with a new one,car still stalled at stops.,found out the battery wouldn't hold a charge,thus the reason for the alternator going bad..replaced it with a new battery n she is running great as everso it was a bad battery the whole time..of course that was the last thing we checked,after the idle air control valve,fuel pump,filter,lines,new plugs,wires,distributor,hoses..etc..any one of those is an issue for stalling when coming to a stop..hope it helps??lots of info on here..thanxs people..

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