Matt89toyota

2000 Toyota Tacoma Trd 226k miles. Check engine light came on last Friday for the first time since I've owned the rig. Code PO120 throttle position sensor. So I picked up a new one at autozone for $56. When I take the old one off I look at it and find a dead spider in it. I've daily drove the truck for the last two years and can't figure out how a spider got in there.

aa1911

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Holy smokes! Talk about weird.

Mine was throwing intermittent codes years ago when my truck was still newish, yet it didn't rob gas mileage or anything. After 3 months I replaced it finally; but didn't find any spiders in it!

Have you tried it after removing the spider? Just curious if it was a contributing factor to throwing a code or not? Hilarious.

Matt89toyota

I cleaned out the spider and some webs and threw it back on. Its been workin good so far and hopefully saved me $56.

duggy

I found a spider nest pocket thingy in mine too!! I never tested it to see if that was the cause of the malfunction tho. HAHA!

Jomoka

What in the blazes???

I had my '99 throw an occasional code for the TPS, most often in cold damp weather. I'd reset the code, after a while, it would come back. As part of debugging, I swapped it with my wife's '96 TPS. Result: No codes on hers, no codes on mine.

So... that's sort of where that ended. No spiders involved.

kabroski07

Hello i have a 2004 Tacoma and i got a code P2138 and i know its the TPS and im trying to replace it but i can only find a 3 pin sensor on ebay can you help me out? heres my phone number text me when ever 928 488 4584 my name is Eli Alvarez

83

Advice: never post your phone number on a public internet forum.

Have you checked anywhere other than Ebay?