Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 12:56:47 -0400 From: "Guy" <gcnopsamck.com> Subject: Re: '99 9-5 Idling Problem
Have the dealer check your ECS . I'll bet that is the problem! <truddnopsamspring.com> wrote in message news:9r79c1$2qo$1nopsam.atl.mindspring.net... > I have a '99 9-5 with 33k miles that's developed an annoying habit. While > idling at a stop or moving very slowly in forward or reverse (while parallel > parking, for example), the car throttles up briefly, then drops back down to > normal, only to throttle up again before dropping back. The cycle continues > until you really step on the gas or shift into park. The phenomenon also > occurs when you first start up the car and shift into drive. > > Adding to the frustration is the fact that the car doesn't do it all the > time. When I took the car in for its 30k service, the dealer couldn't > duplicate the trouble. > > The car did the same thing back at 17k miles, and the dealer replaced the > throttle body. That seemed to do the trick -- until recently. > > Any suggested diagnoses and cures? Is it possible that yet another throttle > body would go bad so quickly? Thanks! > > > >
