A warning about those cheap aftermarket throttle bodies for 2010s Hondas

Last Tuesday, a car came in with a rough idle and a check engine light for a throttle position sensor. The owner had just put in a $75 throttle body from a parts website. We swapped it for a good used OEM unit, and the code cleared right up. The cheap part's sensor was sending junk data from the start. Has anyone else seen a rash of these failing right out of the box?

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the_tyler2mo ago

Actually, I've had pretty good luck with those budget parts. My Civic's been running fine on one for almost two years now. Maybe you just got a bad one.

emery_carter2mo ago

But what's the actual failure rate on those cheap sensors? Some people get lucky, but how many are just bad right away? That's the real gamble with saving a few bucks.

david_mason572mo ago

Totally! My buddy's Accord ate two of those cheap sensors in a month before he gave up and went OEM.

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