Mr Ghostrider
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Wondering if anybody else has had any kind of engine troubles with their Hybrid?
Mines got about 44,000 miles and yesterday I started it up at the gas station and the electric motors revved up to what sounded like full throttle, then the system threw error codes galore. (My bluetooth OBD-II + Android Torque picked up about a dozen random error codes).
I was down the street from the dealer so drove down there in "REDUCED POWER MODE" which basically meant electric motors only. They cleared the codes and called it a logic lock error caused by something random (solar flare?) but it was running fine again.
Later though, I started it up and same thing! Except this time I cleared the codes myself. Started up but did it again and I didnt shut it down as fast and the turbine sound of the motors was accompanied by a shake and a "SERVICE HYBRID SYSTEM" message. The truck was dead. Called a tow truck, 30 minutes later, it started right back up and with no codes.
The dealer now told me that it sounds like a dirty throttle body causing the sensor to stick and cause a throttle up at start. Instead of servicing it, he told me to just take it home and clean it with some spray.
Havent cleaned it yet but wondered if anybody has thoughts on this? It sort of makes sense but I dont get how the gas throttle body causes the electric motors to spin wildly out of control?
Mines got about 44,000 miles and yesterday I started it up at the gas station and the electric motors revved up to what sounded like full throttle, then the system threw error codes galore. (My bluetooth OBD-II + Android Torque picked up about a dozen random error codes).
I was down the street from the dealer so drove down there in "REDUCED POWER MODE" which basically meant electric motors only. They cleared the codes and called it a logic lock error caused by something random (solar flare?) but it was running fine again.
Later though, I started it up and same thing! Except this time I cleared the codes myself. Started up but did it again and I didnt shut it down as fast and the turbine sound of the motors was accompanied by a shake and a "SERVICE HYBRID SYSTEM" message. The truck was dead. Called a tow truck, 30 minutes later, it started right back up and with no codes.
The dealer now told me that it sounds like a dirty throttle body causing the sensor to stick and cause a throttle up at start. Instead of servicing it, he told me to just take it home and clean it with some spray.
Havent cleaned it yet but wondered if anybody has thoughts on this? It sort of makes sense but I dont get how the gas throttle body causes the electric motors to spin wildly out of control?