MrO
Member
Hi All,
New member... Family member has a 2004 XLR. Had the usual dead battery issues but it always ran good... Now this problem has popped up:
() Rain water in trunk pocket where wiring harness connectors are. Connectors were completely submerged for a few weeks due to a kink in the pocket's drain hose. Convertible top stopped functioning.
() Drove car to dealer to diagnose. They just wanted to start replacing things until it started to work. Decided not to have them do the repair. When the car was picked up it had a serious lack of acceleration (that the dealer said they had nothing to do with) Now the car starts and idles rough, and pressing the gas pedal has no effect on idle speed.(stays at about 1000rpm) It's like the pedal isn't connected to the throttle linkage.
This all started with the soaked trunk connector... Any suggestions on where to start looking? I'm going to do a serious cleaning of the connectors this weekend. I just need some "food for thought" before I start to troubleshoot. Hoping a module isn't shorted out. Ordinarily I would just take it into the dealer and have them run a diagnostic with the Tech 2 unit, but... it's undriveable now due to the throttle issue, and I really don't want to pay to have it towed to and from the shop... The suspension service warning message is also appearing on the dash display.
Thanx in advance,
Mark (SF Bay Area)
New member... Family member has a 2004 XLR. Had the usual dead battery issues but it always ran good... Now this problem has popped up:
() Rain water in trunk pocket where wiring harness connectors are. Connectors were completely submerged for a few weeks due to a kink in the pocket's drain hose. Convertible top stopped functioning.
() Drove car to dealer to diagnose. They just wanted to start replacing things until it started to work. Decided not to have them do the repair. When the car was picked up it had a serious lack of acceleration (that the dealer said they had nothing to do with) Now the car starts and idles rough, and pressing the gas pedal has no effect on idle speed.(stays at about 1000rpm) It's like the pedal isn't connected to the throttle linkage.
This all started with the soaked trunk connector... Any suggestions on where to start looking? I'm going to do a serious cleaning of the connectors this weekend. I just need some "food for thought" before I start to troubleshoot. Hoping a module isn't shorted out. Ordinarily I would just take it into the dealer and have them run a diagnostic with the Tech 2 unit, but... it's undriveable now due to the throttle issue, and I really don't want to pay to have it towed to and from the shop... The suspension service warning message is also appearing on the dash display.
Thanx in advance,
Mark (SF Bay Area)