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Old Nov 6, 2010 | 10:18 AM
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Ok here the what happen today. The part came it and i was told to take it monday. So today i wanted to start the car since i haven't use her in 3 weeks at all. I started the car fine and it cranked right up the CEL light was on. I let her sit for 10 min checked the oil, air filter, etc then went too put air in the tires. At this point i turned the car off.

As i started her up again the gauges turned off and on again. and the CEL was off. So i dont know if the battery was weak and it reseted it self or something. So i went driving around to see if i can get the CEL on again and nothing i was drving for 3 hours no vtec tho. Aslo the bucking the car used to do is gone.

So i dont know what to do. sould i still take her to the dealer and get the work done? or wait for it to happen again? I dont want to get work done and it was something else wrong the whole time. even tho the dealer told me that there computer told them that it was the Accelerator Sensor that was bad and something to do with the voltage.
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Old Nov 7, 2010 | 03:08 PM
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Originally Posted by HighwayStar,Nov 6 2010, 10:18 AM
Ok here the what happen today. The part came it and i was told to take it monday. So today i wanted to start the car since i haven't use her in 3 weeks at all. I started the car fine and it cranked right up the CEL light was on. I let her sit for 10 min checked the oil, air filter, etc then went too put air in the tires. At this point i turned the car off.

As i started her up again the gauges turned off and on again. and the CEL was off. So i dont know if the battery was weak and it reseted it self or something. So i went driving around to see if i can get the CEL on again and nothing i was drving for 3 hours no vtec tho. Aslo the bucking the car used to do is gone.

So i dont know what to do. sould i still take her to the dealer and get the work done? or wait for it to happen again? I dont want to get work done and it was something else wrong the whole time. even tho the dealer told me that there computer told them that it was the Accelerator Sensor that was bad and something to do with the voltage.
thanks for the update. I doubt the ECU has reset even if you left the car there for quite a while since the ECU is still connected to the power source and the engine still cranks up on the battery. It might if the battery was totally flat.

In any case, the CEL from my TPS issue also didnt appear sometimes but popped up at others. I would trust the computer diagnostics , which are pretty specific and accurate, and have the part swopped out for the peace of mind but that's just me cos I hate having issues on a DD.
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Old Nov 8, 2010 | 03:54 PM
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Thanks for replying I sent the car in today. the car drive way better now alot more smoother thru rpms. Hook the computer up again to see what came up and check the Sensor again it gave them the same issue with voltage. when tested it with the new and it was fine. So i really hope i hit the nail on the head and now pops up. I still keep the old part i dont if they anywhere i can send it to tell why it went bad?
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