Accord Euro problem

[layla]

Hi Everyone,

I have been having some problems with my 2004 Honda Accord Euro since October last year. It randomly loses power while i am driving, the negine light and vsa light comes on and i am unable to go over about 20km/ hour. The only way to stop this is to turn car off then back on again. When the car is not losing power it seems to not struggle a little.

When it first happened in October i took it to Honda, they plugged it in but found nothing because the problem only happens intermittently.

It happened a couple of months back and when i turned the engine off to get rid of the problem, it would not go away that time. I took it to a mechanic and it was apparently the electronic throttle body that needed replacing. I replaced it with a second hand one as Honda wanted $1200 plus. then a couple of weeks later it started happening again.

Now its happening at least 4-5 times every time i drive, it scares the crap ot of me, especially when im on the highway!!

Can anyone help with what it could be?

Thanks so much ans sorry for the essay lol

[guti14]

It could be a faulty APP sensor. Happened to my 06 lux few months ago. No light after replacing the sensor.

[curtis265]

you need have your throttle position sensor calibrated properly.

It is worth buying a $30 bluetooth OBD-II dongle and scanning the code with a suitable app whenever the check engine light pops up.

[layla]

Thanks guti14 and curtis265. Where could I get the bluetooth dongle from? And roughly how much is it getting the throttle position fixed. Do you know a mechanic who could help me? Im in south west sydney... not sure if you can post details in the forum or not? Some forums are funny about posting business stuff.

I read in another thread on here some where. Someone was having the exact problem I mentioned and people said it could be the battery or fuses or fuse problems??? Omg im so confused

[curtis265]

Thanks guti14 and curtis265. Where could I get the bluetooth dongle from? And roughly how much is it getting the throttle position fixed. Do you know a mechanic who could help me? Im in south west sydney... not sure if you can post details in the forum or not? Some forums are funny about posting business stuff.

I read in another thread on here some where. Someone was having the exact problem I mentioned and people said it could be the battery or fuses or fuse problems??? Omg im so confused

The bluetooth dongle is on ebay.

On that other thread i posted a link on how to recalibrate the TPS too

[layla]

Ok thanks so much. I know nothing about cars as you can probably tell lol.. I will look that up on ebay and go speak to a mechanic tomorrow

[layla]

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=150720753800&alt=web

Does this one look any good. I have a galaxy so it says to download the torque app too. Sorry for all the questions