Suzuki: 95 Sidekick, throttle position sensor, battery connections
QuestionQUESTION: My sidekick started to lose power very sudden, jerky like I was running out of gas, it would make a clicking noise under the dash right as it would jerk. I checked the cel codes it reads code 12 no issues. Sometimes when I start it it clicks also, not sure what causes it. I will be driving and al of a sudden it clicks and loses power , sometimes it will do it several times in a row, then it will seem fine. Any help would be appreciated.
ANSWER: I suspect dirty/corroded battery connections
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QUESTION: My tach also drops and it always does this when the clicking sound under my dash happens. When I take my foot of the gas pedal when the tach is jumping up and down the tach goes right back to where it should be.
AnswerI had an 89 that had similar issues. In that particular case it was the tps (throttle position sensor).
It was quite a pain until I got a FACTORY manual, and adjusted it according to the factory procedure. It was also a symptom of a marginal tps. It failed completely about 4 months later.
Seriously....get a factory manual. The others are less than half the manual.