Britinastang

After having to jump start my car (long story) a few miles later the wrench light comes on the dash. Oh **** I say to my self.
Pull over and read the manual which states that there is an electronic thottle problem and the car is in "limp mode"....which basically meant that the throttle wouldn't open that much and I was limited to 2000rpm or less.

I think Lisa mentioned she had the same problem before...so off to the dealer I go this week [:'(]

Prlly won't mention the jump start part to them

Rrruss

Disconnect the battery for 30 seconds.

Our cars are controlled by computers, theres a good chance that it is "confused" from being jump started.

It can't hurt at this point and may save you a trip to the dealer.

Britinastang

yup, that worked, thanks man

onefastv6

usually what happens is people think theyre supposed to rev the car thats jump starting them but all that does is send too much eletricity through the alternator and confuses the cars computer causing problems or damage.

Rrruss

Glad to hear it.

When the battery discharges below normal levels the computer info can get corrupted, and the only way to get it back to "normal" is to "reboot" it by turning it totally off, and the easiesy way we have to do that is to disconnect the battery for a short time.

While this may seem strange to some people, after 30 years of dealing with computers I have seen a power off reboot fix some weird things over the years.