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Old 06-26-12, 09:38 PM
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My car was driving fine all day until i was driving home, car started accelerating by itself and also when i parked my car it started rev by itself, can somebody tell me what's possibly wrong i have a 92 sc 400 automatic, steering wheel also shaked a little as well.
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may it be the new toyota recall where cars automatically accelerate!
Old 06-26-12, 09:44 PM
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what does that mean?
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http://money.cnn.com/2011/02/08/auto...ort/index.html

Toyota a couple years ago had a recall on newer Toyota's that automatically accelerated, I doubt you have the same problem though
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any other symptoms...the car is an antique so there are a lot of things that may need to be looked at
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exactly how much is it revving? a few hundred rpms? it's a mechanical linkage to the throttle body so there's no way for the throttle to open without your foot on the pedal. it could be a vaccum leak, does it rev up and down?
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looks to me like you may have a sticky throttle body/intake, clean out your intake, check your tension... just my 2cents, even if it's not worth anything!
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Check your throttle cable, maybe its too tight. It happened to.the.family suv, something the cable.would stick. Loosen the tension a bit, really easy to do.
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