I have a 2006 Ford Five Hundred. Car started fine yesterday and run for 3 minutes before it died. After it died, it would not turn over and it makes this clicking sound. I found the source of the noise to be the throttle body. When I unplugged the tps sensor, the car would start to crank. I'm going crazy any ideas on how to fix this?

 

I do want to add that i just changed out all the spark plugs and coils. There was a MAF sensor issue that was solved prior to changing out the cables. I tried jumping the car thinking maybe the battery was dead but no luck

 

You said "run for 3 minutes", idling during warm up or driving?

Check for the existing DTC with your scanner, then clear and start it up and wait for it to die again and check the new DTC and let us know what it is.

BTW why you keep on starting new thread (3 total) when all 3 should belong to a single thread. When you keep doing that it's very difficult to follow, have to go back and forth repeatedly.

 

You might try a forced reset that consists of removing the negative battery cable from the battery, and while disconnected turn on the headlamps. This will erase any programmed faults.. Then you can reconnect the cable back onto the battery, start the engine, BUT do not touch the throttle pedal until after the engine speed settles down.
Let us know if it got rid of the starting problem..

 

Sorry your right don’t mean to be making things challenging. will be keeping everything here moving forward thank you!

If was 3 minutes idle. It idled perfectly the night before, all i had done before it was tighten spark plug bolts. i have forscan and it won’t connect to the car unless the tps is unplugged. i tried with another scanner and it have me a U0100 code. Below is what got with forscan with tps unplugged.

 

I tried disconnecting the negative and come back after 5 minutes. there was no difference, i’m heading to work right now but i can try it again but with the headlights on. i’ll update if anything changes. Thank you

 

Don’t know if this would be relevant or causing the issue but when i was looking at the wiring, i noticed what I think is a ground strap with its shielding off near the ac line. it was showing a silver flat cable. pic below is where it is attached to. i can take a photo of the cable when i get home.

 

Remember from your other thread I mentioned: APP -> ECU -> throttle body (electronic type) -> TPS -> ECU
When there is a problem with the TPS you will very likely get thrown a code because your ECU can sense the mismatch when it tells throttle body to open this much, but the feedback from TPS is significantly different, a mismatch. A few percent is probably acceptable.

Since you unplugged the TPS in order to retrieve the DTCs, so the new DTCs are not very helpful.

Check the torque specs below:

And you might want to check for loose connectors/wiring.

 

Okay Thank you! When i get home i’ll double check the connections. I’m also going to use hanky’s advice and try to clear all the DTCs. I’ll update this later tonight if there are any changes.

Do you think it could be a wiring issues directly with the TPS? It’s strange that the car refuses to crank with it plugged in but will crank and try to turn over when it’s unplugged. Thank you again

 

You said you only tighten the spark plug bolt that's why I gave you the torque specs you might want to double check. And during the spark plug bolt re-tightening last night you might have pulled other wire/connector. Yes, the loose connector/wiring I mentioned I was referring to the wiring at your TPS/throttle body. So it can definitely be a wiring issue.