Idle goes up on its own

Asked by Donald Mar 24, 2020 at 11:35 AM about the 2008 Chevrolet Impala 1LT FWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Idle goes up on its own then goes down in park or
drive (1200 rpm's). Codes read : P0102,P0103 and
P0449 Fixed those,no light on. Idle still goes up
then after a few minutes it goes down,even when
in drive it idles up when down. HELP!!!

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I'm not familiar with your car in particular, but I know when I've experienced idle rev issues it tends to be an idle air control valve, throttle position sensor, or otherwise something with the throttle body. Again, unsure on your vehicle, but generally speaking it should be a pretty easy fix. If the above is correct for your car, take the throttle body off, clean it up with brake cleaner, clean the IAC valve (or replace it) and replace the throttle position sensor. It'll over rev a whole bunch at first while your computer adjusts to a suddenly clean intake situation, but in my experience it settles down fairly quickly.

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