Xj randomly accelerating on its own!!
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Well I was on my way to work this morning and had let off the gas pedal when I did the jeep began to accelerate on its own so I promptly hit the breaks thing maybe cruise control kicked on for some reason but the jeep continued to pick up speed. I ended up slamming on the breaks to get it to stop. I did notice the gas pedal was going down like it would when you increase your speed using cruise control. Any ideas what would cause this? Please help
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Year: 1990 Laredo
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Sounds like your throttle cable is hung up check the linkage on the TB to make sure it is not sticking... Lube it up and then check the cable... Also if your cruise control is engaging did the light ever come on?? Check the vacuum lines for the cruise servo
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I never see a light come on when I engage my cruise control. Granted I have always had issues with it. Like when I engage it the jeep races to 20mph over what I try to set it at
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I treat her pretty good the po did not do this tho. If I could afford a higher octane gas I would use it but regular 87 is 3.80 a gallon here and thats the cheapest price in town :/
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just seafoam it changel plugs, clean the throttle body then see if you have to change the throttle position sensor. Its a 35 dollar part id change it first but might as well clean the throttle body. My jeep did the same thing and it was the tps.
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Seafoam is a can of death in my opinion...if the pedal is held down it has nothing to do with a sensor... What year is your jeep?
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Check the damn linkage. And the cruise control accuator is over to the right of the battery (or mine is on my 4 banger). If you want to try disco'ing the cruise then just disconnect the linkage at the TB.