Q: throttle body control

asked by on January 16, 2017

I changed the throttle body unit on my car but it still has loss of power, sputtering and throttle control light stays on, could it be the sensor or does it have to be recalibrated?

My car has 124000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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