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New to the community.. name is Jimmy Stewart here in Salt Lake City

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4 years 2 months ago - 4 years 2 months ago #53873 by Jimmy Stewart
hey guys thanks for allowing me top post my problem here on your forum.. And thank you in advance for any help or time that you spend on my issue:)

So ill start with i have A 2007 Saab 9-3 2.0 T i have had the car for about a year and a half, but about six months ago the car took a crap on me..
so when the car stopped running i was driving to the local wall mart and as i pulled into the parking lot my car kind of started acting funny so when i parked the car i noticed that my check engine light came on, so i plugged in my code reader and i cant remember the exacct code and being a complete moron at the time and knowing absolutley nothing about the importance of the code and freeze frame data i cleared the codes but i do know it was something about the ecu has lost communiocation with throttle body and i think circuit voltage low on throttle actuator>> something like that . anyways when i came out of the store about 20 minuits later the car wouldnt start, i cranked and cranked and cranked, it sounded like it wanted to start but no go... so i had the car towed home and started serchiung the web, thats when i came across scanner danner anyways i wish i would have payed more attention to what hew was saying six months ago but i was so green i didnt understand what he was talking about, so fast forward six months later here i sit still freaking lost for the most part just spinning my wheels, i mean i literally dream about trouble shooting this car and i have watched damn near every scanner danner video about 50 times in the last six months but likje i said still no dice, but let me tell you where i am at now and what ive done so far and where i am at with the car today lets start with the fuel pump i replaced that about a month before the car took its last drive oh yeah did i mention that i am the ultimate PARTS CHANGER, i knew absolutley nothing in the beginning , so then i replaced the crankshaft sensor, i replaced the ECM, an yes i bought a obd2 data link connector and a vxdiag candi modual and programmed the new used ecu to the car with trionic can flasher i also relaced the throttle body tps the engine wiring harness the spark plugs and seriously just about every other switch and sensor under the hood, and now im so close to the finish line i can taste it, my car finally starts as long as i hold the gas pedal to the floor and will idol some what but as soon as i take my foot off the gas pedal the car shuts dies i do have a Diag report and some PID readings i can upload maybe someone can make sence of the data because even though i have learned alot the past six months i still cant honestly understand all tyhat im looking at so please please i beg you someone help me< i am looking like a complete idiot to everyone i know and im pretty sure everyone around me has given up hope on me getting this old POS back on the road... money is tight here or i would have taken it to as shop... sorry about my spelling and typing skills they are about as good as my auto repair skills..
Last edit: 4 years 2 months ago by Jimmy Stewart.

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