Well I was being stupid tonight and playing around in a ditch and when I backed up I dug my tailpipe into the dirt and stalled the jeep out. Pulled it out and now the Jeep is idling high when I start it up and won't shift out of overdrive on the highway even if I floor it. Do you think this is the throttle position sensor flipping out because it got choked out and stalled? Should I just reset the computer and see what happens?

 

?

 

If your TPS is bad right after you clogged up the tailpipe, i'd think it's just a coincidence.
*The TPS can be checked with a volt/ohm meter to rule it out.
*I'd make sure your TV cable is adjusted properly first.. That's the easiest thing to check for improper shifting issues.

 

what are the tell tail signs of a tps sensor going out or being bad

 

when mine went it would bog down even if i floored it,an at the same time it would jerk an sometimes stall had to mash the gas to start it.It was a easy fix,an was like 30 bucks

 

I'm having similar symptoms with the jerking too, and it will slam into gear when I shift from park to drive

 

never had the slaming isue,but when driving from a stop it would bog down jerk an sometimes stalled or sundenly jump an shift fine,so i replaced the tps cleaned tbi ,changed plugs, wires,distributer cap an put seafoam in the tbi, the tps fixed it,all the other stuff was just because

 

Haha, reminds me of when I tried to back my Jeep up a big pile of snow. Snapped the exhaust hangers right off cause it dug in lol. Good times. No idea on how to help though, good luck man.

 

I just did a tune up on it, I guess I'll change the tps, I'm going to try resetting the computer first and see if that fixes it

 

Ended up resetting the ECU and it fixed it