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Blewbyu · 06-21-2005, 05:09 AM

My car is randomly choosing to not go anywhere..... it only happens when I am stopped and turning right, but when I go to take off it sounds like I hit the limiter at 1200RPMS and it backfires like crazy, throws a CEL and wont go anywhere.... if I shut the car off and restart it, it runs fine.... what is happening here, I just had the TPS wiring replaced two weeks ago and now I am having more problems..... the CEL it throws is P0888 which I understand to be an auto trans code.....

never2muchboost · 06-21-2005, 05:15 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Blewbyu

My car is randomly choosing to not go anywhere..... it only happens when I am stopped and turning right, but when I go to take off it sounds like I hit the limiter at 1200RPMS and it backfires like crazy, throws a CEL and wont go anywhere.... if I shut the car off and restart it, it runs fine.... what is happening here, I just had the TPS wiring replaced two weeks ago and now I am having more problems..... the CEL it throws is P0888 which I understand to be an auto trans code.....

you sure about the p code number?
from under the hood give it a little gas and wiggle the harness around the throttle body and see if your problem happens,maybe the wiring repair was done poorly

glhs837 · 06-21-2005, 06:08 AM

Hmmmm, did they repair the harness? Or replace it entirely?

Blewbyu · 06-21-2005, 06:46 AM

replaced as far as I can see.... it is much thicker wiring than before.... the issue I was having when I got it fixed was totally different than what i am experiencing now.... its just getting on my nerves having to pull over and restart the car to go again.....

yes the P code is from the stage 2 computer..... nothing else has popped up.... the first time it happened I thought it was something to do with the octane booster I put in...... but now I am not so sure.... Also, I have a small hissing sound coming from the area around the line on the wastegate actuator, is it possible that this is a vacuum issue?

glhs837 · 06-21-2005, 08:30 AM

Cold be, if they replaced the entire harness, that sucker wraps around the entire motor. And you have to remove the battery and intake pipeing to get it where it needs to go. It's quite possible they stretched something that gets pulled when you do that. And/or dorked a vac line. If the dealer did the work, I would go and demo the problem and insist that they fix it. Nicely, of course.

Blewbyu · 06-21-2005, 08:43 AM

the dealer that did the work screwed up my intercooler pipe and claims they have 4 witnesses that saw the pipe like that when the car went in..... so they will never get any of my service again..... I went outside during my break and there is definitely a line with a quarter sized circular thing about 4 mm thick that comes from the firewall, when I pull the line up it hisses really loud. when I push the line down it stops..... What is this line that I am seeing.

glhs837 · 06-21-2005, 01:25 PM

There is a vacuum distributor, for lack of the proper term, on the brake booster. It should have three lines to it. One to the turbo area for a vac source, one to the boost gauge, and one to climate control for moving the flapper valve.

Use the diagram there on the hood to track them.

phrozen · 09-24-2005, 10:02 AM

I know this is an old thread, but I've been checking google to make sure no one else has this problem and doesn't know about our auto trans sim.

So, for completeness... Check my sig for the solution.

:-)