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Anonymous Posted on Oct 28, 2009

Could a faulty TPS cause my truck not to kickdown?

I have to disconnect the IAC for the truck to run at proper idle, which iknow is a tps problem, but i was wondering could this also affect my trucks kickdown?

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Iac is for idle, and a bad tps sensor has a major effect on transmission shifting. the tps is what interfears with kickdown.

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