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my 2012 GS has about 55k miles and suddenly doesn't pull past 4k. It will still gain rpms, but not really pulling hard and you can tell something is wrong.
No error codes at all. Pulled the three abs fuses to see if it was the active handling but it was the same result. Tried searching the forum.
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My guess would be fuel starvation, clocked cat, TPS, or possibly cam or crank sensor unless you have been bouncing it off the rev limiter recently.
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would any of these throw a code? It seems like everything throws a code!!
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would any of these throw a code? It seems like everything throws a code!!
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Just to makes sure, you aren't testing this in park/neutral are you? There is a rev limit set to prevent damage. That could also be a culprit, that switch could have failed and the ECU thinks it's in neutral. The others should throw a code but a bad cat might not but it would have to building a lot of back pressure to cause what you are seeing.
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Something simple to check that probably isn't the problem, but is your air filter so dirty that it's no longer blue?
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When was the last time you cleaned your throttle body and MAF sensor? Us the proper cleaners, on the MAF sensor use the specific MAF sensor spray cleaner. Try this firt and see what happens.
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does it all the time(manual trans) air cleaner is good. will try cleaning the MAF. ty
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