SPN 91Throttle position sensor high

SPN 91 is the parameter the ECM is flagging on CAT engines. The FMI that comes with it tells you how it failed. Each failure mode below has its own causes and its own test order — do not treat them as the same repair.

FMI 3 · Voltage above normal or shorted to high source

Throttle position sensor high

The signal wire is seeing more voltage than the circuit should ever produce — usually the signal wire touching battery power or the 5 V reference.

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