I just got a 2009 Ranger 4cyl. stick. It seems the throttle is unusually slow to return between shifts. Its almost like a power shift..yea, right..a powershifting 4 cyl. Ranger. I took it to the dealer who said that it was normal. It doesn't seem normal. Anyone else have that problem..er, feature.. Thanks in advance

 

Are you the original owner or did you buy the truck from someone else? How long have you owned the truck? Is this something that has started recently or has it become more of a problem gradually over an extended period of time? Has the truck been worked on recently or had any parts replaced?

More info from you may help us come up with a solution.

 

Hello..Answers to your questions..No, I'm not the original owner..I bought it from a Ford dealer with 12000 miles +-. I've had it about a month, and the issue with the slow throttle return was present when I got it. Like I said, I took it back and asked one of the mechanics about it. He said I would get used to it. I won't. He said it had something about syncronization. (sp). What, I don't know. If I shift at 3000 rpm for example, it stays for a second then starts to come down, but still well above when i engage the clutch

 

that is correct.
what causes it? the IAC. why?

say you are in 2nd gear, foot on the gas, about to change to third.
well your order of operation is to release the gas, then push in the clutch.
within that fraction of a second if the engine rpm were to suddenly plummet (which you will realize it does without the iac hooked up and with the idle screw turned up to compensate for the idle drop) then what will happen is your engine speed, therefore the speed of the layshaft, will be way different from the speed of the output shaft. as well as all the gears hooked up to it that spin. you would grind the **** out of the dog teeth on the collar and gears everytime you shifted, and/or fry your synchronizers. that is unless you did a double clutch rev match and did it really fast, which alot of people have no idea what that is let alone the coordination to do it. the same thing goes for downshifting. when you let your foot off the gas it will drop only a few hundred rpms, and hold that for a split second, then gradually the rpm drops back down to idle. and this has nothing to do with what gear youre in. if your sitting at a traffic light in nuetral it will do this also if you rev it. the iac is told by the computer to gently release the plunger inside of it, instead of just slamming shut. also if you are in first gear and are not precise with the throttle, the whole vehicle will buck on you and the whole drivetrain will be bucking as well.
design the throttle to team with the iac, and have a slight delay, or gradually decrease, instead of slamming shut, then you eliminate the bucking. believe me, i hate it just as much as you do because there are several disadvantages. but this is the way the present and future computerized cars are, and the only way around it is to just build your own.

 

Hi D.Dave..I am still re-reading your reply. Am I understanding this is to make it "easier" to operate a manual transmission, and there is no adjustment. I've been driving a stick for most of driving life and haven't ruined a transmission yet.
I'm thinking it will drastically shorten the life of the clutch...or shift reeeeaaaaly slow. Thanks for your reply

 

really the only way to drive these little trucks is like a complete grandpa. shift smoothly and slowly prettymuch. what irritates me the most is if i am in first gear going up a hill, i know if i can get to midrange in second gear i can definitely do it in second, but all i get to is bogging out in second because of the amount of time it takes the throttle to drop. even if i goose the hell out of it in first, and then i double clutch fast as hell it still takes that second for the throttle to drop and it sucks. i cant count how many times a situation like this has occured, in all gears. but i manage.
this makes it easier for the average person to drive since the average person shifts like a grandpa. i also love stick. but sadly they are disapearing and things are mostly automatic today, even sports cars have that shiftmatic stupid bull****.

 

Dan..thanks for your time, and for your sharing. I guess the mech was right. I was sure there was a bad return spring somewhere or something. Like he said.."I'll get used to it". Thanks again.. George