Ok, so awhile back my Regal started acting up. Looking online I found these cars where known for electrical problems but the car ran fine and I had no problems at the time. Fast forward now and the cars running a little rough and likes to stall out when coming to a stop or letting off the gas a
That was about 3 months ago. Since then the cruise control, A/C, and passenger window all went out magically on their own while the car was off. Decided not to really worry about it as its more of a back up vehicle. A few days back I thought about getting a scanner that was compatible with the car. Thanks to the help of Clinebarger who helped me figure out exactly which type of connection my obd 1.5 was I decided to go out and purchase a scan tool capable of working with the car (second guesing the shop). I ended up with a Actron CP9690 paid $219 and it arrived this morning I hooked it up. Low and behold it is in fact the TPS. Car's throwing error code P0123 (TP Sensor Circuit High Input Conditions).
I'm at a loss of words really with this car. I've replaced the sensor and the wiring harness. My only guess would be maybe just maybe there is a short leading from the PCM to the actual sensor...
Between the scanner and a few parts I threw at it before hand I'm sitting right about $800 invested into fixing this problem and I'm still at square one.
I guess the good news is that my A/C isn't bad after all the scanner also read a A/C freon low code. Which is good news because with all the problems I had with the car in such a short period of time I hadn't wanted to put any more money into the vehicle as I was kinda expecting electrical and the car does run but it just has loss of power on the high end and the occasional stall at low speeds.
That was about 3 months ago. Since then the cruise control, A/C, and passenger window all went out magically on their own while the car was off. Decided not to really worry about it as its more of a back up vehicle. A few days back I thought about getting a scanner that was compatible with the car. Thanks to the help of Clinebarger who helped me figure out exactly which type of connection my obd 1.5 was I decided to go out and purchase a scan tool capable of working with the car (second guesing the shop). I ended up with a Actron CP9690 paid $219 and it arrived this morning I hooked it up. Low and behold it is in fact the TPS. Car's throwing error code P0123 (TP Sensor Circuit High Input Conditions).
I'm at a loss of words really with this car. I've replaced the sensor and the wiring harness. My only guess would be maybe just maybe there is a short leading from the PCM to the actual sensor...
Between the scanner and a few parts I threw at it before hand I'm sitting right about $800 invested into fixing this problem and I'm still at square one.
I guess the good news is that my A/C isn't bad after all the scanner also read a A/C freon low code. Which is good news because with all the problems I had with the car in such a short period of time I hadn't wanted to put any more money into the vehicle as I was kinda expecting electrical and the car does run but it just has loss of power on the high end and the occasional stall at low speeds.