Throttle Position Sensor went out...OUCH!

#11

On Apr 9, 9:15 pm, SHRED <no... (AT) nowhere (DOT) com> wrote:

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ACAR wrote:
On Apr 8, 4:41 pm, SHRED <no... (AT) nowhere (DOT) com> wrote:
2002 CR-V
78233 miles
California

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This thousand dollar bill is souring me to Honda big time.
It would be a shame for Honda to lose me over this.

Any advice here?

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One expensive repair in 8 years and 80K miles and you're ready to give
up on Honda?

The fact is that in the TSB, Honda admits to a "defect in manufacturing".
I am perfectly willing to accept legitimate expenses but when the part
in question is a known defect then why should the consumer be held liable?
Hummm???

I had to replace fuel injectors and a clutch slave cylinder in Acuras
and an idle air control valve in a Toyota; all of these were covered
under various TSBs. Yeah, the manufacturers sometimes get it wrong. Of
course, none of these parts failed within the warranty period. Just
like your TPS. Unlike your situation, I didn't get the Acura repair
work done at a dealership (after asking about manufacturer support for
the work, of course) so my repair cost was lower. The Toyota repair
was partially covered by Toyota but the part had relatively few miles
on it.

Re. Honda support: try to speak directly with the district or regional
manager. They've got lots of latitude. That's how I got Toyota
support.

#12

jim beam wrote:

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the tps fault finding

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page has a graph of voltages and throttle position, and it shows idle as
"0.5V", and 5V is the system voltage, so 10% is the place to start
looking, with actual number being the result of calibration. everything
else in the replacement process just depends on how many toys you have!
you can fudge a repair on the tps itself as well, but my advice is
replace it if you can find a suitable donor since actual repair is a pita.

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I wonder what a wrecking yard would charge for a throttle body ? Maybe
$200 - $250 ?

Takes about 8 minutes to remove it yourself, especially off a wreck....
Of course you'd want to replace the gaskets with OEM, but it wouldn't
even need to be calibrated, just do the 'idle learn' procedure, which is
documented all over the place at www.hondasuv.com.

'Curly'

#13

"motsco_" <motsco_ (AT) interbaun (DOT) com> wrote

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I wonder what a wrecking yard would charge for a throttle
body ? Maybe $200 - $250 ?

www.upullandpay.com has several wrecking sites nationwide.
They advertise the price of basic parts online for several
of its locations. A throttle body goes for about $22. Bring
the core and get about $3 back on that. Factor in a couple
bucks for admission.

The one local to me is great. Prices online are what the
site has.

Wrecking yards where a person does not get to do their own
pulling tend to charge a lot more, in my experience.

#14

ACAR wrote:

Quote:

Re. Honda support: try to speak directly with the district or regional
manager. They've got lots of latitude. That's how I got Toyota
support.

Thanks for that tip!

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