m1rkz Member 114 Member For: 12y 2m 7d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 28/03/15 07:57 AM Share Posted 28/03/15 07:57 AM Hi all,Was cruising around today and had an issue where as I went to pull up and over to the side of the road an ETC Warning came up on the dash. The car was only doing maybe 10-20kmh at the time it started, traction/stability control was off, and the car started to cough and splutter as I was pulling up. I sat there idling for a minute or two still spluttering, switched the car off, turned it back on and and it was fine again.Just wondering if anyone else has experienced this or knows what may be the issue?I've read a few other forum posts from other sites and it all seems to be an intermittent thing and/or varying causes/fixes.Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never had any say Panda I <3 Floods Silver Donating Members 11,198 Member For: 13y 6m 13d Gender: Male Location: South West QLD Posted 28/03/15 09:06 AM Share Posted 28/03/15 09:06 AM Clean throttle body..Replace throttle position sensor.Replace throttle pedal position sensor.replace entire throttle body.And.if it still happens your computer needs replacing.That's how ford went about fixing it anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizkets is Drunk? Too heavy needs boost Member 5,929 Member For: 11y 6m 8d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 28/03/15 09:25 AM Share Posted 28/03/15 09:25 AM Tps for sure. Had the same isses in the xr8 ba mk2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m1rkz Member 114 Member For: 12y 2m 7d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 28/03/15 12:09 PM Author Share Posted 28/03/15 12:09 PM (edited) Thanks guys, is it easy enough job to do yourself at home, or is it something I should be taking to the mechanic to do ?If it's dirty etc, what could be causing it or how do I prevent? Edited 28/03/15 12:09 PM by m1rkz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never had any say Panda I <3 Floods Silver Donating Members 11,198 Member For: 13y 6m 13d Gender: Male Location: South West QLD Posted 28/03/15 09:35 PM Share Posted 28/03/15 09:35 PM Bad filter. I had a cheap pod filter set up on mine. It was filthy.TPS is easy enough yourself. I got told the TPPS is a *beep* of a job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m1rkz Member 114 Member For: 12y 2m 7d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 29/03/15 08:18 AM Author Share Posted 29/03/15 08:18 AM I just wiped down the engine bay a bit. First time of giving it a bit of a clean up since I bought it in Sept of 2013 I think... was bloody dusty, little surprised at how dusty it was actually...Once I work out where the TPS is located exactly I may look into that, what do you recommend cleaning it with? Oxygen spray?The car is due for its 55,000km service anyway so I might just get the shop to look at it/clean it for me perhaps.I wouldn't mind getting into the airbox and checking the filter out, but it's got some sh*tty star head screws on it and I don't have the right tool for the job, so it's going to have to wait for now.Would actually like to fit a pod filter, but I hear you need to get a flash tuner etc first (which is crazy $$$ like 900ish?) so it can be tuned, same goes if u want an exhaust etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never had any say Panda I <3 Floods Silver Donating Members 11,198 Member For: 13y 6m 13d Gender: Male Location: South West QLD Posted 29/03/15 09:15 AM Share Posted 29/03/15 09:15 AM The mechanic who cleaned mine just put carby cleaner on a rag and wiped it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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