Truck will run fine then act as if the tps is bad won't take throttle

Asked by Les5537 Oct 06, 2016 at 08:23 PM about the 2002 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Extended Cab 4WD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Truck will run fine then will randomly act like the
tps is bad won't take throttle input or when in
passing gear acts like the cats are plugged turn
truck off for 10 seconds start back up may run fine
for a day or 2 or it'll act up within 10 miles with
same symptoms truck doesn't throw any codes
when it's acting up

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34,785

Clean throttle body and take it from there, it could be your cats plugging up, eventually it'll throw a code

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