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driving down the highway and all of the sudden car tells me to service active handling, engine lose of power. I got it pulled off an exit and it is running real rough, telling me to service active handling, engine lose of power still...when I start it she runs real rough. anything I can try out on the road?
2009 M6
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do you have anything you can disconnect the battery and reconnect with?
I had this same issue once and doing that reset it for me and I cleared the codes, I needed a new battery.
I had this same issue once and doing that reset it for me and I cleared the codes, I needed a new battery.
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Battery is a month or two old, I restarted it right away and it ran real rough. Then I waited five minutes and restarted it again and it ran fine. I eased her up the road a mile and am now chilling for several hours. Only thing I noticed when I drove it up the road is the engine light is on.
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Battery is a month or two old, I restarted it right away and it ran real rough. Then I waited five minutes and restarted it again and it ran fine. I eased her up the road a mile and am now chilling for several hours. Only thing I noticed when I drove it up the road is the engine light is on.
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Wow, that's crazy. I can't imagine how that was discovered. Good info to file away for future needs.
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Ok, I have an update. The engine light has gone off and the car is running perfect again. I checked the plugs and all boots are on good. I took the car to O'Reillys today to see what codes came up and they got two.
P2101 (Generic)
Throttle Actuator
Control Motor Circuit
Range/Performance
P1516 (GM)
Command vs Actual
Throttle Position Performance (TAC
Module)
I typed it just as the screen showed, obviously the small screen made it look this way. I am assuming each should be one long code explanation/description right?
What do you all think, drive it and see if it acts up again?
P.S. thank you for all the help and the quick responses when she acted up on me, it is truly a comforting feeling knowing I have a vette family out there!
P2101 (Generic)
Throttle Actuator
Control Motor Circuit
Range/Performance
P1516 (GM)
Command vs Actual
Throttle Position Performance (TAC
Module)
I typed it just as the screen showed, obviously the small screen made it look this way. I am assuming each should be one long code explanation/description right?
What do you all think, drive it and see if it acts up again?
P.S. thank you for all the help and the quick responses when she acted up on me, it is truly a comforting feeling knowing I have a vette family out there!
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Exact same thing happened to me a few months ago after a hard braking.
Check wires at the coils - easy to snap off the F/I rail covers.
Check wires at the plugs & burp - less likely, but ya never know.
Good luck.
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Got a slight update and question. Car has been running fine, but this morning it did it again as I left the house for work. Only a block away I turned around and nursed her back home.
Now I have been having trouble getting in it and it starting for a while now, no fob detected message. Being hard headed I have been getting by, have to mess with fob buttons a bit and it'll start or let me in the door. Don't want to use the new one...yea I know.
So as I sit in it in the drive I think to myself, what if it is doing some sort of shut down because it thinks it is being driven with no fob? So I go in and get the fob number two that never gets used and she started right up and ran fine.
Do you all think the fob can be it...will the car act like that when it thinks there isn't a fob?
Now I have been having trouble getting in it and it starting for a while now, no fob detected message. Being hard headed I have been getting by, have to mess with fob buttons a bit and it'll start or let me in the door. Don't want to use the new one...yea I know.
So as I sit in it in the drive I think to myself, what if it is doing some sort of shut down because it thinks it is being driven with no fob? So I go in and get the fob number two that never gets used and she started right up and ran fine.
Do you all think the fob can be it...will the car act like that when it thinks there isn't a fob?
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Got a slight update and question. Car has been running fine, but this morning it did it again as I left the house for work. Only a block away I turned around and nursed her back home.
Now I have been having trouble getting in it and it starting for a while now, no fob detected message. Being hard headed I have been getting by, have to mess with fob buttons a bit and it'll start or let me in the door. Don't want to use the new one...yea I know.
So as I sit in it in the drive I think to myself, what if it is doing some sort of shut down because it thinks it is being driven with no fob? So I go in and get the fob number two that never gets used and she started right up and ran fine.
Do you all think the fob can be it...will the car act like that when it thinks there isn't a fob?
Now I have been having trouble getting in it and it starting for a while now, no fob detected message. Being hard headed I have been getting by, have to mess with fob buttons a bit and it'll start or let me in the door. Don't want to use the new one...yea I know.
So as I sit in it in the drive I think to myself, what if it is doing some sort of shut down because it thinks it is being driven with no fob? So I go in and get the fob number two that never gets used and she started right up and ran fine.
Do you all think the fob can be it...will the car act like that when it thinks there isn't a fob?
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Battery is new...think the fob is just toast. Two things I have noticed that Chevy went cheap on, the fob and the brakes, I did the ceramic pads and all of that and I still get embarrassed pulling up next to a kid in his rice grinder and my 50K plus car has squeaky brakes!
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Battery is new...think the fob is just toast. Two things I have noticed that Chevy went cheap on, the fob and the brakes, I did the ceramic pads and all of that and I still get embarrassed pulling up next to a kid in his rice grinder and my 50K plus car has squeaky brakes!
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It will continue to do this until you have it properly diagnosed. From what I've seen, a number of reasons can cause this. Perhaps your O'reilly diagnosis will lead to someone else giving you a good recommendation though.
In my 2007 A6 vert it happened twice over a year's time. The first time, the dealer recommended that I replace the battery and cable harnesses. It did fine for about 9 months and acted up again. They suspected a transmission relay but I didn't feel confident in their diagnosis. I traded it in as I wanted something with lower miles anyway.
Two days after I picked up an 09 M6, my car overheated in very little traffic. Same thing...all lights came on including the one you mentioned and the car went into limp mode. I knew what was happening based on it cooling off as I got up to speed. Took it to the dealer and they replaced the radiator fan and another fan relay. My car has been fine since then.
In my 2007 A6 vert it happened twice over a year's time. The first time, the dealer recommended that I replace the battery and cable harnesses. It did fine for about 9 months and acted up again. They suspected a transmission relay but I didn't feel confident in their diagnosis. I traded it in as I wanted something with lower miles anyway.
Two days after I picked up an 09 M6, my car overheated in very little traffic. Same thing...all lights came on including the one you mentioned and the car went into limp mode. I knew what was happening based on it cooling off as I got up to speed. Took it to the dealer and they replaced the radiator fan and another fan relay. My car has been fine since then.
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Battery is a month or two old, I restarted it right away and it ran real rough. Then I waited five minutes and restarted it again and it ran fine. I eased her up the road a mile and am now chilling for several hours. Only thing I noticed when I drove it up the road is the engine light is on.
I doubt it's the FOB. I've started mine then walked away where it was out of distance and the car doesn't seem to care.
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Even if the FOB battery dies while you are driving, the car doesn't care about it. The car will care when you push the "Off" button. It will THEN scream no FOB and ask if you want to run or shut down. It will not restart until it sees an approved FOB.
Did you check for codes stored again? It would be a good thing to do. If the same ones pop up, then you need to have the TB/TAC looked at.
If you get the no FOB at start up, then I would use this >> No FOB Detected checklist << to figure out the problem.
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Did you check for codes stored again? It would be a good thing to do. If the same ones pop up, then you need to have the TB/TAC looked at.
If you get the no FOB at start up, then I would use this >> No FOB Detected checklist << to figure out the problem.
Elmer
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