mysterious lack of acceleration
 

Has this happened to anyone or know what may be my problem before I take it into some Import Auto place thats gonna charge me out the ass...

no engine problems... just got stardard maintence done at the end of the summer... a diagnostic and everything... everything turned out great...

until the other night just leaving a restaurant i go to start my car and accelerate away and i dont go more than 1500rpm or more than 5-10mph. the engine doesnt sound like its over revving or anything its just powering at about where it should if i just wanted to go 5-10mph. but i can floor it and it wont go anywhere.

i turn the car on and off a couple times and it finally comes back and i can get where i need to go. but then it will do it again one of the next couple times i go to use it. a local car place didnt know what to do so they suggested a import place thats gonna be expensive just for a diagnostic.

any ideas before i break the bank!?

thanks sooooo much.

Check engine light on?

yes it did come on when this started happening. it was not on before hand however.

What are the codes?

throttle position sensor

Your ETM needs replacing by the dealer if you have <200k and <10yrs old.