2002 Saturn L300 Location of throttle position sensor

Tiny
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  • 2002 SATURN L300
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I've damn near taken my whole car apart and still can't seem to find where the tps is located! Please Help!
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Sunday, September 6th, 2015 AT 6:29 PM

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Tiny
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There built into the throttle body? What are the exact code numbers not code descriptions? Iam factory trained on those cars and know them well.
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Sunday, September 6th, 2015 AT 8:40 PM
Tiny
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They're normally on the side of the throttle body assembly, but I'm guessing you have a 3.0L engine. If so, that uses a throttle-by-wire system, similar to what put Toyota in the news a few years ago. There is no external throttle position sensor.
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Sunday, September 6th, 2015 AT 9:03 PM
Tiny
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I do know about the similarities with the run away toyotas you can stick the handle of a screw driver and force hold the throttle body plate open. It wont even runaway then I told by the teacher to do that when I questioned the safety if there was a failure like that in the throttle by wire system. It retarded the timing so bad the engine couldn't get enough rpms to runaway. But you are right the two tps are built into the throttle body. They have known issues and repairs thats why I asked for the exact codes not code descriptions.
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Sunday, September 6th, 2015 AT 11:25 PM

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