2005 Chevrolet Tahoe Electrical problems?

Tiny
CRISSYD1982
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  • 2005 CHEVROLET TAHOE
  • 5.3L
  • V6
  • 4WD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 185,000 MILES
I have a 2005 Chevy Tahoe 5.3L that it giving me a headache. When your shut the headlights off manually three of four times in a row, the truck reads a "reduced engine power" warning, the traction control shuts off and you can't go over 5 miles an hour. If you shut the key off for a few seconds, then it will reseat itself and seem to run fine. A code checker will read an error "throttle actuator controll." Why would this be related to a headlight switch, and if so which parts of the TAC? By the pedal, by the throttle body? Not sure if any of it make sense but we have tried this "headlight switch theory" about 4 times and it has brought it I to reduced engine power everytime and the same TAC code is the only code that comes up.
Saturday, December 28th, 2013 AT 2:24 PM

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Tiny
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Why are you shutting the headlights off 3-4 times? Is there something wrong with them? If not you are screwing up one of the modules by overloading it doing that. The throttle actuator control is the pedal
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Saturday, December 28th, 2013 AT 3:21 PM
Tiny
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One headlight occasionally goes out so the last time it started happening last year, we would hit the headlight switch a few times and it would come back on. So do you think this is just an overload or surge to the computer or is the TAC really needing to be changed?
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Sunday, December 29th, 2013 AT 7:32 AM
Tiny
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Try cleaning the headlight relay in the underhood fuse box. Or put dielectric compound on the prongs and clean the ground to the headlight that may be your real problem. When you keep turning on an doff you are overloading the circuit and screwing it up. You should also have a pro scan your system to make sure nothing is screwed up as auto parts can only read engine/trans codes and yours would be body module or abs module. Make sure you tell the pro what you have done to make headlight come on and what else happens
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Sunday, December 29th, 2013 AT 7:38 AM

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