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P1171 Diagnostic Trouble Code Discussion for June 2006

Fuel System Lean During Acceleration


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Trouble Ticket Help Requests for DTC P1171
Help Request Posted
2000 Volkswagen Beetle GL 1.8L Poor Idle Quality, MIL Lamp on, 15 mph max VIN: 3VWDD21C84
P1171: Angle sensor 2 throttle motor G188 not a plausible signal intermittent. Hello Friends, I have a customer with a 2000 VW Beetle that has an intermittent problem, it seems that the customer's daughter has complained that the car sometimes can't go over 15 mph. The car ran OK for me but I can only say that although the car is no po...
June 05, 2006
2001 Volkswagen Passat GLX 4 Motion 2.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: WVWTH63B21
P1171: throttle actuation potentiometer signal 2. ... the EPC and MIL lights on. It had very poor acceleration, as if the throttle wasn't opening properly. I checked for codes with our CS2000 and got the following: P1171 throttle actuation potentiometer signal 2 range/performance; P1564 idle speed control thr...
June 14, 2006
1996 Isuzu Rodeo S 2.6L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Cuts out, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: 4S2CK58EXT
P1171: Fuel System Lean During Power Enrichment. Hi, got this rodeo that is running lean. codes are stated above. Its hard starting and when it does it wants to die out at times. When accelaration it bogs out so you have to feather it. The customer states it happened all at one time last sunday. Fuel pressur...
June 20, 2006
2002 Volkswagen Jetta GLS 2.0L Surge, MIL Lamp on VIN: 3VWSK69M62
P1171: Angle Sensor 2. The car came back in with another bunch of seemingly random codes, and the throttle body unit had lost it's adaptation. I can reset the adaptation, clear codes and drive this car for DAYS with no problem, then the customer will pick it up and not get 3 miles a...
June 21, 2006