Car cranks but don’t turn over

Asked by Guru6NZWT Mar 24, 2020 at 11:38 PM about the 2007 Toyota Camry LE

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Hi I got a 2007 Toyota Camry it cranks but
doesn’t turn over unless u step on the gas
pedal a few times n then later on it starts up
normal what can that be?

2 Answers

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When you first turn the key to start, the computer energizes the fuel pump to rebuild pressure loss, examines the engine coolant temp and ambient air temp to determine what air/fuel mixture should be. Since it starts when you depress the pedal, the first thing I'd check is the engine coolant temp sensor to see if it's telling the truth. When you depress pedal during a start, you're over-riding the computer and telling it to provide more gas, so the computer is obviously not giving it enough. Temp sensor might be off just enough to make this problem

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Have you removed or changed your battery lately? If that's the case, the ECU resets. This is normal, it needs relearning. Will return to normal. or try to clean also the throttle body. ;)

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