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Old 11-24-2008, 02:38 PM
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has anyone with an 08 s197 had this problem???
part number 6l2z9b989c
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Old 11-24-2008, 07:02 PM
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can anyone chime in and tell me if they had there's replaced before.
(the throttle position sensor)
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Old 11-24-2008, 07:10 PM
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Have you taken off your MAS for cleaning without disconnecting the battery?
If so, that could be the problem because your computer gets a wrong readout.

Try to disconnect that battery for a few minutes and see what happens.
Just a thought...
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Old 11-24-2008, 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by pascal
Have you taken off your MAS for cleaning without disconnecting the battery?
If so, that could be the problem because your computer gets a wrong readout.

Try to disconnect that battery for a few minutes and see what happens.
Just a thought...
i am assuming that you mean the car's battery.....yes, i have disconnected it and reloaded the tune(just in case)...
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Old 11-24-2008, 08:29 PM
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I sure miss the oldschool days man...
This over electronized sh#t pisses me off.
I want a distributor and a throttle cable!!
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Old 11-24-2008, 08:46 PM
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Holy crap this seems to be happening more and more and more and more...

Mine is an 06, failed TPS, turns out it was the TB. Hope this helps!
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Old 11-24-2008, 08:52 PM
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if it makes you feel any better i have replaced 3 failed TPS on my car since i owned in in january of 05
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Old 11-24-2008, 11:14 PM
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What are the symptoms? What exactly does the car act like when this happens.
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this isnt covered under warranty if u have a CAI right?
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Old 11-25-2008, 01:34 AM
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Originally Posted by nmd55
this isnt covered under warranty if u have a CAI right?
Take her back to stock, and wtf would they know? Symptoms = car goes into limp home mode. This mode, I believe, shuts half of the cylinders down, tops the car off at like 45 mph, and sets the rev limiter to like 3-4k rpm. It's meant to prevent more damage to the vehicle, though I believe is very unsafe when it engages at highway speeds.
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