Hello,

I’m trying to investigate some odd throttle behaviour from my wife’s 2007 Fiesta 1.4 TDCi.

However, none of the ‘accelerator pedal position’ gauges seem to work, not even the one in the extended Ford PIDs.

Is this because it’s a TDCi?

I have found an alternative PID – 22032b – for pedal position, which I’ve tried but with no success.

Can anyone suggest a different PID or way that I can access the pedal position data?

My cheap adaptor seems to work as a lot of other information is available to view in real time.

Many thanks,

ND

try alternative PID – 221340, 22491d
Header 7E0

I had a quick go with those alternative PIDs and neither of them elicited a response.

I tried with both 70E and Auto as the header with each PID.

Could there be anything else I’m missing? Is there a way to establish if my ELM327 dongle is picking up all the information needed?

Many thanks,

ND

Thanks for the link to that programme. I’ll have a go and see what it says,
although all the play store instructions are in Russian so I’m not sure I’ll understand what it tells me!

I’ve still not had any success with my wife’s car, although I did plug it into my father-in-law’s Mazda BT-50 truck when it was misbehaving. It quickly threw a fault code for the EGR system – it turned out the EGR valve had become jammed partially open with soot. A quick clean and the truck ran perfectly again. Torque really proved it’s worth there!

Interestingly, Torque could read accelerator pedal positions (D and E, I think) on the truck, which is another diesel Ford product only two years younger than my wife’s fiesta. That said, I don’t think the engine is a PSA (Peugeot/Citroën) unit like the 1.4TDCi, which might make a difference.

Yes, that makes sense.

Would there be PSA pid’s that might work, even in a Ford?

There are no predefined sets for Peugeot/Citroen within torque which makes it trickier.

I was playing about with the OBD2 reader on the car the other day, when I spotted the ‘adapter status’ menu. Torque duly pointed out that my cheap adapter would not read Ford PIDs! Well, that solves that one.

I am sold on the usefulness of the system, so I think I’ll purchase a better adaptor. Is the Vgate iCar 2 a good choice? I’m using android devices, so is it worth spending the extra on the Wi-Fi model for the faster sampling rate as I don’t need it to communicate with an iPhone?

Many thanks,

ND