Q: Throttle position sensor help
Put in new throttle body sensor and it work perfectly first day then next day it started having problems starting hard start and when u drive and press gas pedal the rpm will accelerate but the the speed and got a diagnosis and they said bad tps so went n exchanged and same symptoms?
How much is the service to do the reset of idle and learning procedure I've already replaced it brand new?
Thank you for your time
My car has an automatic transmission.
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