Thread: Throttle/Acceleration Problem
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Old Jun 2, 2006 | 10:41 AM
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Question Throttle/Acceleration Problem
I own a beautiful yellow 2005 Roadster, 6-speed with auto stick. I love the car but am now struggling with my love for this car. I've taken it to the dealer for the fourth time today for the same problem that just seems to be getting worse each time they work on it. It started out last month when the car just would not accelerate, no matter how much I did the 'pedal to the metal' thing... and then all of a sudden I would lurch into gear. Talk about scary! So I took it in, they got the error message but it was one they were not familiar with so they ordered replacement parts for what they thought was wrong (related to the throttle). They thought the problem was fixed and then 5 days later, the problem came back but with a new twist - the car would go into high RPM's (over 4,000) and then drop into the right RPM's based on the gear I was in. So I took it back and they told me they 'forgot' to reset the computer to recognize there were new parts installed and also found that my sensor was bad, so they replaced it. So I thought it was fixed and guess what? Oops... My bad - it wasn't. Now when I put the car into 2nd gear, it red lines to over 6,000 RPM's, jerks and then seems to go into neutral before it drops into about 2,000 RPM's. So I took the car back today - 3rd time this week but 4th time for the same problem. I let them know I was not very happy and wanted my car either fixed or replaced. I know technology has made working on cars harder for these mechanics, but is this problem so unique that it could not be fixed after the first try? Has anyone run into this problem before? Or know what the problem might be?? Any help would be great appreciated!

 
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