Fat-Tony Member 5,364 Member For: 18y 10m 23d Posted 07/07/06 04:15 PM Share Posted 07/07/06 04:15 PM Hmm drive by wire throttle, was always wondering if some day things could go wrong. I mean if your old cable pedal got stuck full throttle you could always get toe of your foot under and pull it up or bang on it a couple of times but drive by wire, hang on for the ride especially in an auto with no clutch.←dont laugh I been passenger in a vlturbo which is failry modified where this happend, and we were going down a hill, its really great when you got a 3500rpm stall working against your brakes. sufice to say the ignition was switched off car thrown into neutral and coasted to a gentle stop, and yeh I would hate to be in that position again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Member 335 Member For: 22y 28d Location: Perth, Western Australia Posted 13/04/07 11:31 AM Share Posted 13/04/07 11:31 AM Hi,This is a very common fault on cars once the mileage reaches over 30000 or so. The problem is the stepper motor control in the throttle body. The TPS problem can also be to blame, but often Ford will replace the entire throttle body assembly (including the TPS), so the exact nature of the fault is not known.<snip>I had this problem myself, swapped the TPS, no difference, only when I change the entire throttle body did it fix the fault. Has NEVER stalled since. Ford have changed hundreds of throttle bodies under factory warranty, so go get em !!!!Apologies for resurrecting an old thread, but this is happening to me. 56,000km, out of warranty. Took it to the dealer and they couldn't fault it. Buggers didn't let me know until 4pm, so I couldn't go there and demonstrate it to them. Happens within a few minutes of starting if I'm sitting at the lights, revs normally at around 800, all of a sudden they'll drop below 500 or so and nearly stall (has stalled once). The dealer said there was a throttle body error code, but they couldn't reproduce it.Anyway, I knocked back their offer to replace the entire throttle body at around $500. Do I have any option though? Should have taken Ford up on their extended warranty....Simon.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetute Donating Members 4,553 Member For: 21y 12d Gender: Male Location: brisbane Posted 13/04/07 11:43 AM Share Posted 13/04/07 11:43 AM Apologies for resurrecting an old thread, but this is happening to me. 56,000km, out of warranty. Took it to the dealer and they couldn't fault it. Buggers didn't let me know until 4pm, so I couldn't go there and demonstrate it to them. Happens within a few minutes of starting if I'm sitting at the lights, revs normally at around 800, all of a sudden they'll drop below 500 or so and nearly stall (has stalled once). The dealer said there was a throttle body error code, but they couldn't reproduce it.Anyway, I knocked back their offer to replace the entire throttle body at around $500. Do I have any option though? Should have taken Ford up on their extended warranty....Simon....no you shouldnt of.. they would of knocked you back anyway for using aftermarket touch up pens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Member 335 Member For: 22y 28d Location: Perth, Western Australia Posted 13/04/07 03:17 PM Share Posted 13/04/07 03:17 PM no you shouldnt of.. they would of knocked you back anyway for using aftermarket touch up pens Okay, maybe it's late in the day, but I don't get this... Care to explain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 20y 9m 19d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 14/04/07 01:44 AM Share Posted 14/04/07 01:44 AM He's just trying to be funny...as in any excuse to deny a claim will do.Put your moron cap on and you may understand his logic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFHOON Donating Members 1,932 Member For: 18y 10m 20d Gender: Male Location: nsw Posted 14/04/07 07:58 AM Share Posted 14/04/07 07:58 AM have you tried flashing in the stock tune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XR06T Silver Donating Members 4,146 Member For: 19y 7m 21d Gender: Male Posted 15/04/07 11:59 AM Share Posted 15/04/07 11:59 AM have you tried cleaning the throttle body?if so then perhaps you need to change the tps. I have a similar issue and will be doing this in the near future Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUZ580 Member 448 Member For: 18y 10m 15d Gender: Male Location: Manly - Sydney Posted 19/04/07 10:53 PM Share Posted 19/04/07 10:53 PM Been having the same problem, only happens when the aircon is on and when coming to the lights. It drops to below 500rpm but then goes straight up. If I've just given it a fang then stop straight away, it usually stalls. I was going to ask the tuner to have a look at next time it was in for service, but maybe I wont bother as it sounds like this problem. Also had a problem the other night when it started and wouldnt rev. It felt like it was running on 3 cylinders and the engine light came on. Turned off, started and it happened again. Left it for a minute then started and it was ok? Weird - I had the throttle body cleaned when I had the car tuned last Sep and have only done 4000kms since. Dont know what it could be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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