Throttle Position Sensor

Use a multi meter and read the voltage when the pedal is depressed.
 
ok...I don't have a multi meter...what would my vehicle do different if it were bad?
and how hard is it to swap one out?

I guess my question is dumb because I am not getting any sort of check engine light...I just can sometimes pull out of my neighborhood, and it changes gears through the first couple, and when it gets to the last, it likes to stay in the lower gear forever and doesn't just go ahead and shift...sometimes I have to just gun it and get up past the speed limit and let off so it will change. Other times I can yield and it prefers to stay in the lower gear instead of downshifting...



Maybe I just need to clean the throttle body?
 
Not sure about a CRV, but I have changed the TPS out on my 2000 TJ and my 2002 WJ. Both cases, it was simple. Just pull the air tube off and there are two bolts holding it on to the side of the throttle body.

Do you have a check engine light code? Usually you'll get a code if the TPS is bad.

By the way, you can get a cheap multi-meter for < $20.
 
Just out of curiousity (and I am bored) I googled "CR-V TPS". One thing I read is that Honda made the TPS and throttle body a single unit = not cheap. But I've never owned a Honda and never even looked under the hood of a CR-V. Anyway, I would suggest a subsription to AllData. It's cheap and gives good instructions with part numbers.
 
You can but the TPS on eBay. From what I have seen, originally, you could not buy the sensor alone...though it is held in with 2 bolts...

What I have read on swapping it out includes the meter, and also includes lining it up right...though I don't see what the difficulty would be. It could only go in upside down or right side up, so...

Maybe a cleaning on the throttle body would be a good first move...
 
Generally when a TPS starts going bad, you get a blip in accel as you go past the part where you normally run. (You probably don't realize it but as you are driving you accel and decel tiny bits all the time) so you wear out a little section on the TPS. As the wipe runs over the worn out spot the computer gets an bad reading. It kind of sounds like the trans is in hill recognition mode. (The tranny computer will hold a gear longer on uphills to prevent "hunting") or excessive shifting. You aren't going up a hill at all during this are you? It could also be the engine is not completely warm as well. The tranny computer will hold gears longer to help warm up the engine quicker. It could be a bad or going bad engine temp sensor for that matter. It could also just need to have the software updated. Hard to say at this point though.
 
thanks rattle. your description is what I am experiencing...

Pipeline, you can't get the part at Advance Auto or Auto Zone, there are multiple stores on the net that sells it...
 
Im a honda tech, not to brag, but those crvs have a lot of throttle body issues. Ive replaced probably 5 or so. The tps is not available alone you have to buy the whole throttle body and they are expensive. Its pretty simple to install, however on one occasion id did have to update the ECM(dealer only).
 
OK...

What is this:
http://www.statracing.com/buy/omni-tps.asp

Just so I don't waste my money...
RHSCTJ, does it throw the Check engine light on? Mine isn't on...


Did a little bit of research...does the whole thing get replaced because the sensor is riveted in? I am seeing that at CR-V clubs, but they are also saying that if you get the rivets out, the hole is threaded and you can bolt in another one...
 
Ck out Beavers honda in Kannapolis. They can get you a used one. I have heard of people replacing the tps on hondas but they have to be calibrated or something. I would just find a replacement, or a used one.
 
I've read about the calibration part. Looks like you'd put it in, reset the computer and it would be good to go...There appears only one way to get it in there...


but, since it is my daily driver...I don't want to take any chances...though better gas mileage is tempting
 
Beavers is great but this part has a defect from the factory,so theyre all likely to fail. I dont know why its not a recall since the bulletin says its a manufacturing defect.
 
well, my wife has a 1998 Honda Civic DX and when she got around 90K, the exhaust manifold cracked. After faxing 50 pages of the same thing happening to various owners to Honda of America, I got it replaced for free. I'm a Honda junkie...so I was upset when they were going to make me pay all but 10% initially. I wrote a very eloquent letter about the part built to fail (how could you put the catalytic converter in the exhaust manifold unless you want to bottleneck the exhaust and build up heat so it will crack).

DO I need to do that with this...or is mine really failing since I'm not getting a Check Engine light...
I had a check engine light when I first got it, and a new gas cap fixed that.
 
A new gas cap fixed the CEL, which was for a leak in the fuel system letting hydrocarbons out. (Bad gas cap) That won't have anything to do with what you've got going on right now.
 
Im sorry i was under the impression yours was an '03. '99 doesnt have that issue. i dont know what i was thinking.
 
I read about the 03s...

I love my vehicle, and it was what I swapped my 95 Odyssey for when we needed something to haul a family of 4 in just in case it snowed...now I have the 92 Suburban...and it seldom snows...I wish I could swap the CR-V for a Mazda6 or Mazda3 sedan or wagon. I really could use the gas mileage over the AWD at this point. I mean, an AWD getting 22-24 on average isn't bad, but my wife's civic getting 33 average is nice too...I really think that when it is doing it is no more than it is cold...It is an awkward small hill that you go up as you drive away from my neighborhood. Also, I have no need for 2 4wds anymore...i need 2 gas savers...and the Suburban is the "just in case" vehicle.
 
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