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.

 

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.

 

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

 

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!

 

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.

 

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

 

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

Have you checked anywhere other than Ebay?