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Old 03-04-2010, 08:35 PM
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Question How many have had to reset APPS with good results?

Truck is unhooked right now. Died 3 times on me with a dead pedal. Coming to a stop all times so lucky I guess.

Hopefully resetting it will take care of it, don't have the money for a new APPS right now.

So, any thoughts, reassurances hopefully ??


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It did not do any good when mine went out. Mine went from good to bad in 50 miles. Threw DTC p2121 with dead pedal every 5-10 miles, then 3-4, the 1-2, then every time I accelerated. Used Smarty to clear codes each time. Went through the reset next morning. It was just bad. Replaced with new one and fine ever since. A very expensive sensor assembly that's for sure.
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What if I haven't threw any codes???
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Then it may not be the apps. Could be fuel pressure, or battery problems.
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Well the batteries are new Continentals, and I keep a trickle charger on them once a month, so hope it ain't that. Fuel pressure holds 15 lbs with no spikes, maybe a quiver. How about relief valve on the rail??? Thoughts???


After this happens the truck runs like a top, never misses a beat til the next go round. Happens sometimes once a week but the last time before tonight was well over a month ago. All I know is sometimes I've been able to associate this weird injector sound (hard to explain because I'm not sure it comes from the injectors, but its kind of a timing rattle with a kind of hiss to it)

Made it home with no issue after the reset (I assume it did what it was intended to do)
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You get a true dead pedal without any codes or CEL??
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Yep I will be driving down the road and out of no where the pedal goes dead, it has tension but no response when I push it. I then have to coast to a stop. Crank on it 3 times and it will fire right up like nothing happened. Tonight it fired up 1st time each incident. Only differences tonight were that each time it happened I was pushing in the clutch rolling to a stop and it would just die and the dash would light up. Really stumping me.
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Yours sounds like my experience. Reseting did no good(reset it 4 times). Bought one from Timbo......fairly cheap and great service.
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Did you have any codes annabelle??? Just curious.
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Nope..................I was on the road the first time. My cruise would not kick back in when I came out of a work zone......I changed the FF and put some 911 into the tank. I first though I had got some bad fuel in Odessa. I had missed the truck stops and had filled up at a small station. I got home OK, but it would get a dp more and more often. Timbo's APP was about $160.00 delivered, and it took 30 mins to install. I take it back.....I think I did get two codes 2121 and 2126......something like that......it has been a while, those may not be correct.
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Thanks for the info.

I'm still open to ideas guys... Dead pedal seems like APPS, but not having codes seems kinda odd.
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What is an APPS?
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Accelerator Pedal Positioning Sensor. Its located on the pedal assembly and is what tells the engine throttle outputs.
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I had the same issue as you. Truc kwould die coming to a stop sign. Dead pedal feel when I wanted to pass someone.

No codes, no nothing.

Bought a Timbom APPS and the problem has gone away.
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Where can I get it??? Isn't he a member on here???


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