99 camry le startup issues

Started the car about an hour ago and it ran for about 5 seconds before stalling.  This has happened before and cranking it would usually get it going.  No such luck today.  Any ideas?  Oh, and i know nothing about cars so any help would be appreciated.

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ORIGINAL: NickHatsis  Any ideas?  Oh, and i know nothing about cars...

 
Well that makes it tough because it could be a number of things. Usually you need to do some basic troubleshooting which will give the rest of us a clue. Here is a link to the factory manual you can research.
 http://www.camrymanuals.com/

I have a 99 Camry LE that had the same symptoms.  I just returned from the dealer yesterday.  It was the Idle Air Control Valve, which gets clogged  and fails.  This prevents the car from idling properly.  When my car stalled, I could keep it from stalling by revving the engine.  But, when I released the accelerator, the car would stall. 

It appears to be a common problem with the Camry.  This is the second Idle Air Control Valve that I've had to have installed. 

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ORIGINAL: NickHatsis

Started the car about an hour ago and it ran for about 5 seconds before stalling.  This has happened before and cranking it would usually get it going.  No such luck today.  Any ideas?  Oh, and i know nothing about cars so any help would be appreciated.

Does it do this on every start? Or just the starts when the engine is already warm?

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ORIGINAL: last_camry

I have a 99 Camry LE that had the same symptoms.  I just returned from the dealer yesterday.  It was the Idle Air Control Valve, which gets clogged  and fails.  This prevents the car from idling properly.  When my car stalled, I could keep it from stalling by revving the engine.  But, when I released the accelerator, the car would stall. 

It appears to be a common problem with the Camry.  This is the second Idle Air Control Valve that I've had to have installed.

At what mileage did your two previous IAC valves fail?