my car has started idling a little funny. when im slowly driving and come to a stop and push the clutch (rpm's at about 1500), my rpm's will come down to around 1200 and then slightly go back up. and sometimes my car will idle at 1000 (too high for me), and sometimes it will idle at 800. first thing in my mind was vacuum leek. couldnt find any loose hoses. this morning while it was idling at 1000, i pushed the brake with no reaction, and while holding the brake i pushed the clutch in and the rpms dropped back to where they need to be. anyone experienced this or have any idea what that might be??

 

TPS sensor / wiring is bad.

 

what is the tps sensor?

 

throttle position sensor

 

I promise im not an all around idiot.....just about cars

 

yeah, the TPS gets confused and youll pull up to a stoplight, put in in nutral and be running like 2500 RPMS, its quite embarassing. it took the dealer 3 times to fix mine, but at least i got new plugs and wires out of the deal

 

it doesn't get confused. the ground wire is too short and eventually breaks inside the rubber.

 

i need to check and see if this is covered or not. i hope the fact that i just cut out my cat wont change anything.....what do yall think??

 

ok, so the dealer fibbed to me, no suprise
maybe he was trying to put it into laymen terms?

 

lol no he probably had no idea why it was freaking out and made something up so he didn't sound like an idiot