P0510 code in a 1999 Montero Sport
Hi everyone. Today I took my 1999 Montero Sport to Autozone to retrieve the code that triggered the 'check engine light" It has a 3.0L engine.
The code retrieved was P0510 which is Accelerator Pedal Position ( APP) switch circuit with the following causes: 1- Open or short circuit condition 2- Poor electrical connection 3-Faulty APP I work for a municipality and many trucks and pickups there have an electronic accelerator pedal and it's understandable that an Accelerator Pedal Switch (APP) is present but for sure I know that my monty have a cable accelerator, not an electronic one. According with this, how come Autozone detected a code like this unless this APP is located somewhere else? Maybe the Autozone scanner is bad and gave me the wrong code. Might be the TPS? Any comments are welcome. |
P0510: Closed Throttle Position Switch Malfunction
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Challenger 4x4 has it right. It's reading a failure in the switch part of the Throttle Position Sensor - TPS. Autozone's generic description of code 510 is not correct
The write up linked below from a similar engine may help you learn if it's a bad part or just out of adjustment - if you have a test meter. Check the terminals of the sensor that relate to the closed (on-off) function. There is also a set of contacts for the variable resistor that tells the ECU how far open the trottle is. http://www.3si.org/wiki/index.php/TP...sor_Adjustment Ron |
By the way, this monty is running fine, no hesitation , no nothing, should I erase the code or try to test the TPS? A mechanic once told me that if it is working fine, don't touch it, you may damage it and make it worse.
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jrmdir you are right, it is the tps. By the way It is fine. I don't really know why that code came up. I erased the code and had no problem at all. Everything remained the same.
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