When starting the vehicle is revs to 6000 RPMs?

Tiny
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  • 2001 KIA RIO
  • 1.5L
  • 4 CYL
  • 2WD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 112,000 MILES
Okay, so here’s the situation: Friday roommate borrowed my car at some point while he had the car he managed to engage the emergency break without realizing it or so he says by the time he got it back to the house the rear wheels had smoke just pouring out of them from all, but cooking the rear brake shoes and wheel bearings. I spent this weekend taking care of replacing those and getting that all fixed but the other issue that I can’t figure out is that now when I go to start the vehicle it’s revving at 6,000 RPMs and it’s not coming down at all. I replaced the IAC yesterday thinking that maybe that was the problem. The throttle body is completely clean as I clean that yesterday when I replaced the IAC there are no vacuum leaks that I can see this may be stupid of me, but there’s a part of me that is wondering if because of him driving with the emergency break engaged for as long as he did is it possible that the computer adjusted its readings thinking that it’s supposed to be putting out that kind of power even though the emergency break isn’t engaged now if that makes sense, I don’t know. I’m just completely dumbfounded and any help you can give would be greatly appreciated. I forgot to mention that the master cylinder was damn near bone dry when he got back, I’m assuming from driving with the emergency break engaged but wasn’t aware whether or not that could have done damage to the brake booster and if it did that possibly cause the issue.
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2025 AT 5:08 PM

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Tiny
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Boy, I would lend the car out again. To answer the question, no the engine computer will not adjust the engine idle like that. I would check the driver's side floor mate and if that is okay remove the throttle cable from the throttle bore and start the engine to see if that fixes the problem. Please upload pictures or videos in your response of any problems.
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Thursday, June 5th, 2025 AT 12:25 PM
Tiny
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Thank you, I’m going to go try that now. I’ll let you know what happens.
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Thursday, June 5th, 2025 AT 12:30 PM
Tiny
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Video of RPMs.
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Thursday, June 5th, 2025 AT 12:40 PM
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Wow, yep that is not right, the throttle bore must be open, can you remove the air intake and inspect it with a flashlight? The butterfly must be closed. Please upload an image.
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Friday, June 6th, 2025 AT 12:26 PM

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