Sudden acceleration

Tiny
JOHNRING
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  • 2013 FORD F-150
  • 3.8L
  • V6
  • 4WD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 74,000 MILES
Truck will suddenly accelerate for a few seconds then return to normal.
Thursday, December 6th, 2018 AT 4:55 PM

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Tiny
ASEMASTER6371
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Good evening,

The first thing I would do is to clean the throttle body of all carbon build up. When it has this build up, it will act like this.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/throttle-actuator-service

Roy
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Thursday, December 6th, 2018 AT 5:43 PM

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