Motorcraft DY1164 Throttle Position Sensor

I should have taken my own advice in the title lol. Was running aftermarket TPS on my 2008 Mustang GT for at least a couple years and it worked fine enough, it was all plastic including the inner part that connects to the throttle body, and it looks like it degraded over time badly because my car was hanging RPM on downshifts (literally staying on 3k rpm stuck) and when I hit the brakes, the engine was fighting me and trying to pull the car forward! I had to shut off the car and turn it back on to stop this. I also had the car die on me in traffic on the highway and nearly stall by my neighborhood. To be honest, I thought it was the VCT solenoids failing as there were no codes or anything and the solenoids always fail on me (only use ford for those too and be careful, lots of scams out there) but I replaced the solenoids and the car was still wonky. So back to what I was saying, I pulled the aftermarket TPS sensor off my car, there was plastic dust in the sensor area of the throttle body from where it was degrading, I popped this sensor in and immediately the idle was better. I killed the active memory (can use tuner or disconnect battery for that) and then did the idle relearn procedure: handbrake up, let engine run till warm then 5 minutes past that idling, then turn on AC on full blast for another 5 minutes, then I did a drive around town and came back so the car could relearn how to shift and drive properly. Car runs so good now, I thought there was something wrong at first because of how smooth and quiet the idle was, its nice. OH and I reused the old bolts because the throttle body was not liking the new bolts with the locktite, it was getting stuck. Just reuse your old bolts, it'll be fine.

Bought this to replace my old OEM TPS sensor on my '09 Ford Mustang GT. These are the 3rd gen revision (latest design revision...) of Ford TPS sensor in which Ford has improved their accuracy, quality, fidelity & reliability over the earlier 2 design revisions (the original 1st gen w\ rounded end & slanted sides, 2nd gen w\ rounded end & straight sides). My old 1st gen OEM TPS sensor was losing fidelity at the lower voltage scale range (where most daily driving occurs from idle to approx. 2,000 RPM's) causing slower & erratic throttle response on throttle tip in, excessive delayed throttle return to idle & excessive throttle hunt at idle. Replaced it w\ this unit & it really made a difference in idle (smoothed idle out, engine idle very steady now), throttle response (better TPS signal fidelity helps PCM make more accurate LOAD calcs using MAF data so better fueling & spark timing delivery thus improves engine responsiveness) & virtually no engine RPM lag now back down to idle speed from throttle deceleration....had to reacquaint myself w\ the car as the improved throttle response made the car very touchy to drive initially! This is the FoMoCo TPS sensor to use as a replacement on any Ford, Lincoln or Mercury vehicles that uses this style of TPS sensor, period.

My ‘05 Mustang’s OEM Motorcraft TPS sensor went out due to moisture damage after a trip to the car wash resulted in the bright idea to pressure wash under the hood of my car. Initially replaced it with a BWD-branded TPS sensor due to its same-day availability at my local Advance Auto. Even though the off-branded part was good enough to allow the car to run, right away I could tell its idle was rough and then the car stalled completely the next evening upon only mild acceleration on flat terrain. I presume this was due to the new, cheaper-than-OEM sensor. Finally, I replaced the BWD-brand TPS yesterday with this Motorcraft TPS from Amazon and my Mustang is back to its good, regular idle and shows no signs of stalling nor any hesitation on the throttle. It was already my preference before, but now I will always replace OEM sensors related to the engine and/or exhaust with only Motorcraft sensors. Thanks, Amazon, for the best price I could find!

Solve my error codes. OEM is the best choise.

Only problem was the enclosed screws. They were wrong pitch on threads in throttle body. I was able to use the factory screws.

OEM Product that is a exact fit.

TPS went bad on a road trip in my 2011 Taurus SHO. Idle started surging up and down in the car wash at idle. Got an aftermarket on at NAPA to get back home but pulled that out because the one that failed was also an aftermarket non OEM TPS. I installed this OEM TPS DY1164 to get the car KOSHER again with OEM sensor parts. NOTE: 02, manifold pressure, air temp and TPS ALWAYS GET OEM for these critical parts!!!!!!

Works as expected; I didn’t hear throttle body long enough so this is installed with a double nut setup, but took care of idle issues. Be careful removing old ones and make sure TB is warm enough to accept bolts or you will break them

Excelente funcionamiento