I had the lightening bolt electronic throttle control light come on when I was driving and my car would not accelerate. I had to pull over and restart. it ram fine for a couple of minutes then happened again. The restart made it run again but it is a problem. What can I do?

 

I had the same problem & i removed throttle body & gave it a very good clean Which seems to have cured it. I am assuming that it was sticking to the gunk inside.

 

Our 09 did the same thing. I cleaned the throttle body and it has run great every since. I think that the throttle blade gets hung up on the buildup just enough to irritate the PCM so it goes into limp mode as a safety thing, so that it won’t hang open and cause even more problems.

 

[ when at idle the red lightning bolt comes on as well as the bas light. Occasionally it will go off when driving however I have replaced the electronic throttle body the MAF sensor a new battery I just need to know what the heck to do now any recommendations would help if anybody has had this issue the next step I know to take is to replace the PCM that controls the ETC. Help! All I have to do is turn off ignition and start it back up the light goes away for awhile until it pops back on.

 

Have you pulled codes from the vehicle? I would start with that. Also when you replace the throttle body. Did you have a wiring kit with the new Body? Because there is an updated throttle body and wiring kit.