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Originally Posted by deanyel
Try a search. It seems to me it can be something as simple as a floor mat restricting the gas pedal, or throttle linkage out of adjustment, or a dirty throttle actuator, or bad throttle actuator wiring. They do go bad but it's also a common misdiagnosis. My parts supplier told me that he gets a lot of followup phone calls saying the new throttle actuator didn't solve the problem and at those prices a lot of people want to return.
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Ok, thanks. I keep wondering if I'm not focusing on the wrong end of things. After all the ASR is all about traction control. Perhaps its because of the way I framed the question and the information I provided about the throttle. The crux of the problem is the fact that the ASR fault message came on and the car would not respond to the gas pedal although the engine was on and at idle. Something had to make that ASR system fault. Like the gentleman said earlier on .... check the tire pressure ... which I did and I had to add air to get the pressure up to snuff. I think what I'll have to do is simply wait for the incident to happen again and then see what codes are tripped ... before I "reboot" the car ... again following an earlier recommendation. Simply replacing the TA on a hunch is just too expensive a proposition. And, if it get down to that ... believe me .. I'll be hunting down a used TA. In the meantime ... I might have a full-time MB mechanic take a shot at a diagnosis ... then consider his suggestion. Again, if it weren't for the need for a reliable set of crossings to get from the west coast of Florida to the east coast ... I would just wait it out ... or maybe even ignore the problem. Again, thanks to everyone for their thoughts and recommendations.
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