car suddenly accelerates from idle :confused:

[phoenixv6]

i was driving my car and it suddenly accelerated and stayed at a high rpm. i stoped and it still stayed at that rpm and wouldn't come down. while it was going if i would press the gas it would choke any body know how i can fix this?

[Gallstaff]

Woah, that's spooky as hell. Definately check your throttle body for anything out of the ordinary.

[tWiStEdBird]

What year is your car?

[Georghino]

This might sound stupid but check your Cruise Control. I don't know what year your car is but mine is a 2002 and the cruise control is next to my steering wheel and I remember once it was "ON" and I felt the car going by itself.
Hope this helps.

[phoenixv6]

its a 96, when the acceleration finally comes down the fans turn on. this is wierd. and i dont have cruise control.

[tWiStEdBird]

You should have CC, but it will disengage when you hit your brakes. Check your throttle cable and play with it while it's in park.

[97rs4life]

yea check your throttle cable, it could be stuck on something or something is interferring with it therefore making the car rev higher and surge.

[phoenixv6]

yesterday while i was driving it, it happened again i pulled over and checked the engine bay. i also noticed that when i started moving the engine tempeture sensor wiring the rpms went to normal. it didn't do it this morning anymore so i don't know maybe something. but thats wierd

[asdf1234]

try replacing your TPS sensor

[l1tech]

what is high rpm 1000, 2000 3000????

[phoenixv6]

by high rpm i mean 2500 and not going down. i think maybe its the wiring going to the tps sensor. thanks for the help guys.

[l1tech]

Sorry but the tps is not going to make the car run at 2500 rpms...no way in hell it can happen.

[tdz16]

IAC????