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98 es300 transmission surges

Old 01-11-13, 12:39 PM
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I have a 98 es300 in great condition except yesterday it started surging at lower rpms. It's like it is miss firing. So I change the spark plugs and wires last night but still does it. Can anyone tell me if its the transmission or should I be looking at something else? The car drives great , accelerates perfect just at low rpms. No matter if its 40mph or 80 mph it starts to surge (miss) under 3k rpm.
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Is there a CEL? If there is none, I would replace the TPS.
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Thank you for the welcome. No CEL but guess I should have said that the car has 220k miles on it. Does that change anything?
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It's probably obvious that when you have older car's with high miles, things break. Having 220k doesn't change much. It still could be your TPS. That's were I would start anyway. There are plenty of ES's at the junk yard. I would grab a TPS off of one and replace it with a used one. If you want peace of mind, get a new one. They aren't that expensive.
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Ok thank you. I will test the TPS and replace.
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