Code reader says throttle position sensor stuck and a whole bunch of other things. Will start, rev up and then immediately shuts down. Code reader also said voltage is low. Any ideas? Thanks,
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RTH - Broke down on side of road.
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Low voltage causes all kinds of crazy codes, That being said if it has enough to crank it it's probably not the battery. I'd suggest removing Neg. cable for 10 min and see if that resets anything. This will cause a 1 time start and stop but subsequent starts will be normal.
Fuel issue? You mentioned hot. Intermittent fuel pump relay failure? Stays connected just enough to start? I’m not familiar with the ‘14 fuses/relays but is there a matching relay in the box you could swap out?
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Not to be Debbie downer but you do have plenty of fuel? 12 volts is low IMHO.
Fuel good?
12V first thing I think of is bad battery, or perhaps a bad alternator. More likely the battery though.
I would do as someone else suggested, disconnect the negative terminal for about 10 minutes.
Wishing for a cold breeze for you.
12V first thing I think of is bad battery, or perhaps a bad alternator. More likely the battery though.
I would do as someone else suggested, disconnect the negative terminal for about 10 minutes.
Wishing for a cold breeze for you.
My vote - bad or dying alt. Ran the battery down while driving, eventually voltage dropped low enough to trigger all the warnings. Battery has enough to restart the car but the alt doesn't start charging and everything shuts down again. Only thing that gives me pause is 50k seems young for an alt to die. But maybe there are other influencing factors, like water intrusion at some point?
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IMHO it helps to always provide as much info however trivial when doing a Help post. That being said I realize when the SHF the emotional end of things sometimes clouds the perspective of the OP.
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Yeah, sorry. I was on the side of the road, with wife and two kids and a kid friend. All the rental car places were closed and they initially told me a tow would be three hours.
We had two cars with us. Got the it towed to a shop while I sent wife and son to get 2000 LX with 307,000 miles on it. They got to shop and we swapped over all the beach luggage.
Shop owner actually passed by and asked if we were OK. I told him we were and he left. He came back with a cooler full of water and opened his shop so the girls could use the restroom. He checked the battery, which was a little low. He is going to check it out and call me Monday. We actually had two mutual friends. Small world!
I’ll let you know what I hear. I am thinking TPS sensor, which is a pretty easy fix.
We had two cars with us. Got the it towed to a shop while I sent wife and son to get 2000 LX with 307,000 miles on it. They got to shop and we swapped over all the beach luggage.
Shop owner actually passed by and asked if we were OK. I told him we were and he left. He came back with a cooler full of water and opened his shop so the girls could use the restroom. He checked the battery, which was a little low. He is going to check it out and call me Monday. We actually had two mutual friends. Small world!
I’ll let you know what I hear. I am thinking TPS sensor, which is a pretty easy fix.
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Yes please post when you figure it out. Also, it'll help people searching for solutions in the future if you can post all of the P codes you got.
Thanks for following up, sorry I didn't have good advice quickly enough to get you rolling.
Thanks for following up, sorry I didn't have good advice quickly enough to get you rolling.