Idle

Asked by Christlin1214 Jan 06, 2017 at 05:21 PM about the 2005 Ford Explorer Limited V8 4WD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

My explorer will start right up  will not hardly pull
when put in drive and has a rough feeling and you
can put it in nutreal and hold the pedal to the floor
and it revels for a brief second then runs drop and
motor is like a ruff idal

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Rowefast answered 7 years ago

Probably should have it scanned for codes. Possible Throttle Positioning Sensor, or broke wires at the plugin to the TPS.

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Wes answered 6 years ago

Is the check engine light on. Kuz im having 100% the exact same problem. Amd its gunna get really really bad. I wouldnt drive it if u dont have to

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