Power cut out
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Joined: Oct 2004
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From: Olympia, WA
Power cut out
I was cruising along at 55 on flat ground when all of a sudden power died and my CEL came on. I pulled over immediately, and to my surprise, it idled just fine with no CEL, but as soon as I touched the pedal, the CEL came on and the engine RPM would not increase above idle. I popped the hood for a quick check but everything appeared to be in order. I turned down my chip to stock and when I went through my fast idle setting the idle jumped up. Bingo! The engine was capable of speeding up when commanded by the computer, but the pedal would not do it. Looked under the dash and my throttle pedal had come unplugged. Plugged it back together and everything was fine. Just thought I'd share the story in case it happens to anyone else.
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Joined: Apr 2004
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From: Silver Lake Dunes, MI
MagKarl doesn't it feel good to diagnose and be able to fix stupid stuff when it happens!! nice job!
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i know the feeling although it happened to me out of my own stupidity i had unpluged it and forgot to plug it back in ideled all the way out my drivway without even realizing it untill i went to hit the gas to pull out into traffic
