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I had my battery replaced at Autozone yesterday. The car would not start the day before but after it was jumped it ran as normal. I brought teh car to Autozone as a precaution because I was traveling out of town. After they check the battery they determined that it needed to be replaced. However, once the battery aas replaced my car has not run correctly. It idles very low. If I go under 15 mph with the ac on the car completely kills.

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Hi.

the engine management system on most new cars "learns" to adapt to your driving style.
when the battery is disconnected, the system can reset itself to the default settings.
this means that the car can run a little eratically for a few days or a few hundred miles until the system starts to relearn and adapts again.
this is not unusual, and should cure itself within a few days. if it continues for more than a week or a few hundred miles, then it may be worth getting the car checked.

hope this helps

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