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JDOGG · 11-10-2011, 03:56 PM

Let me start off by saying this is my grandmas car. It is a 4 cylinder, automatic, LE. Lately it has started kind of weird almost like it didn't want to start.
Then last night I came home and my grandma left her dome light on so I turned the light off and then turned the car on for about 15 minutes with the Headlights on. Then I wake up this morning and went out to go to target and it would not start. My grandma called AAA and they came and replaced the battery. Then we went off to the store and down the street at a stop sign the car dies. So I muscled it over to the curb with no brakes and power steering and sat there for a minute just thinking of what it could be and then I tried to start it and it started right back up, this time the was idling at like 200 RPMS. I got it home and now it is sitting in my driveway. I have no idea what to do. I think it might be the alternator and my dad thinks it could be something with adjustments on the throttle body. My dad also disconnected the battery so it does drain while it is sitting.

william m dowd · 11-11-2011, 10:21 AM

When I changed my battery I had to clean my throttle body, another thing to try is to start the car and let it idle about 15 minutes this helps the computer to re-learn where to set the idle again.

JDOGG · 11-11-2011, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by william m dowd

When I changed my battery I had to clean my throttle body, another thing to try is to start the car and let it idle about 15 minutes this helps the computer to re-learn where to set the idle again.

I was talking to my uncle who works at a toyota dealership last night and he said to clean the throttle body also. I woke up this morning and did it right away and now it drives perfectly.
THANKS