Car stalling

Tiny
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Hey I have a 1996 Honda Civic hatchback. 150,000 miles manual transmission. 1.5 engine. The car starts up fine and drives perfect. When I am driving on the freeway and have reached speeds up to maybe 65 and I go into neutral to slow down the car sometimes stalls. When I am driving local this doesnt happen often. My car does not have a RPM gauge but it seems to idle just fine. My friend had the same car model and said it might be the throttle body? My old car had a problem with idle and my friend fixed it by making something tighter, but he says thats not this cars problem. Please help thanks!
Wednesday, May 9th, 2007 AT 12:56 PM

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Tiny
BRUCE HUNT
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When you friend mentions the throttle body he is basically referencing several sensors that could be causing the problem. MAF Mass Air Flow is a possible thing to look at. Any Check Engine Light come on?
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Wednesday, May 9th, 2007 AT 4:30 PM
Tiny
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Yes the check engine light is on! I did not know what it meant! What can I do to fix this problem? THANKS!
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Wednesday, May 9th, 2007 AT 6:39 PM
Tiny
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Please help!
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Thursday, May 10th, 2007 AT 6:25 PM
Tiny
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You need to have the code/s pull in order for us to get a starting point to help you.
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Thursday, May 10th, 2007 AT 6:52 PM

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