Thread: What did you do to your Car today?

Just buy a toyota then a lexus is just an overpriced toyota

The focus has a 2.0 motor.

Is it eating tires because you are putting crappy tires on it? I see them in all the time and most tires last 40-50k. The stock factory tires only last 25-30k because ford is cheap.

Cleaned and decreased the motor today, holy **** ball batman, underneath all this funk, there's actually a motor there!!!! Wondered what all this whining was from! Haha

I never seem to do anything but turn key, drive, fuel and oil changes. Although I did scoop out some trash the other day.

Meanwhile on other people's cars.. helped remove a reverse servo cover, dicked with that for a while and now it's trans pulling time.

nothing really missed 3 deer this morning. i had to get out the car because it sounded like one got the hood.

Did it try to run away with teh hood?

that would be funny lol

battery went dead.. so got another battery from the garage(brother bought a new battery found it it wasnt the battery that was his problem) and slapped it in.
drove it around for the day then this morning go to start it and doesnt start.... was about to go buy another battery when my dad come out and tightens the side posts and tries again and starts right up I felt pretty stupid but atleast i didnt go buy a new battery.

slightest connection or debri can hinder the battery quickly.

Originally Posted by Schmidty

finally took the dealership sticker off too which was very easy and came out real nice.

Took you long enough. lol. Right after I bought mine and he handed me the keys I walked to the back of the car and peeled it off. Figured if he wasn't going to pay me for advertising his dealership I wasn't going to keep it on. haha

Took it to the dealership this morning. They say I need a whole new Throttle Body Assembly because of a P0121 DTC. (Bad TPS) And it isn't covered under the powertrain warranty. Go figure. This will cost me $488, when I'm ready to fork over the money that is.

Originally Posted by dsmuts

Just buy a toyota then a lexus is just an overpriced toyota

Just another overpriced Toyota.

Originally Posted by SDGTP99

GXP got its first DTC. P0121, bad TPS. taking it to the dealership now. They can deal with it.

Originally Posted by TLSheff

Depending on which is having issues you'll either need to replace the
Gas Pedal Assembly (includes the position sensor) - 25830024 - Retail -$100.11
Throttle Body Assembly (actuator sometimes malfunctions) - 12631016 - Retail -$308.36

I would lean more towards the pedal having a problem and needs a new sensor but the only way to get a new sensor is with a new pedal. These new Drive-by-wire setups really made it interesting on Parts.

Originally Posted by SDGTP99

Took it to the dealership this morning. They say I need a whole new Throttle Body Assembly because of a P0121 DTC. (Bad TPS) And it isn't covered under the powertrain warranty. Go figure. This will cost me $488, when I'm ready to fork over the money that is.

As I said, common replacement is one or the other. Sux that it's the expensive one. Since it isn't covered, I would just buy the part from them and replace it. I am willing to be wrong, but I don't think it takes anything special to replace the throttle bodies on the newer cars, don't think it has to be programmed or anything. Should have a gasket and everything in the box, just replace and go. Save $180.00 ish.

^^^I will do this.

TB is only $140 from Rock Auto. I'll probably buy from them and do the work myself since nothing needs tuned.

I left it in the garage because it snowed.

Didn't want to get high-centered on 1"~ of snow.

G5 got it done.