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Old 08-18-2004, 06:58 AM
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The same problems were happening with me.. I would suggest either cleaning your sparkplugs and regapping them or "whacking" the map sensor. I had both the problem of rough idle and hesitation during acceleration.. The rough idle was caused by my spark plugs being gapped too small.. I think it was running too rich causing it to foul up.. So i just cleaned the plugs and regapped them and it was fine.
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I was just at the drive through starbucks. I had my S in neutral. I revved
the engine to about 2000RPM and it fell to about 200 RPMs and almost stalled but caught itself. I revved again a few more times and it did the same thing. After
driving away from starbucks I tried it again but it wouldn't do it.

Any idea of what is going on? I have 34k miles on my S. Do i need to change the sparkplugs or something?
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Originally Posted by itryan,Oct 13 2004, 03:30 PM
I was just at the drive through starbucks. I had my S in neutral. I revved
the engine to about 2000RPM and it fell to about 200 RPMs and almost stalled but caught itself. I revved again a few more times and it did the same thing. After
driving away from starbucks I tried it again but it wouldn't do it.

Any idea of what is going on? I have 34k miles on my S. Do i need to change the sparkplugs or something?
Stay away from Starbucks.


J/K try tapping on the map sensor and also remove and reinsert it.
Old 10-25-2004, 12:05 PM
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Any solution? it happens to my car too. it has 22k on it
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Originally Posted by FRFR,Oct 25 2004, 02:05 PM
Any solution? it happens to my car too. it has 22k on it
Whack the MAP, reset the ecu.
Old 10-26-2004, 06:49 AM
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Mine exibits the same behavior also. Honda has been working on it for 2 months. Finally, the last time I was in they heard from Tech Line that a new Service Bulletin is being released actually right now (end of Oct.) that describes the same issue and has updated parts. I was told it will have an updated map sensor and a new map sensor mount.

Ask your dealer to check and see if it is out yet.
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