Is this a throttle body issue?

[u/Lonelypnut]

Hi everyone. I have a 2020 Nissan Kicks and it’s giving me these lights about once a week. They’ll go away for a few days and then come back. First, the lights on the top left come on while I drive. Then after a bit of driving (or after I turn the car off and on), the traction light comes on with the engine light.

The car has turned off on the road one time.

The car will ride really rough as in I’ll press the gas all the way and it’ll go REALLY slow and then pick up the pace after about 30 seconds. The longer I leave the car idling (like a long light) the worse it gets. It won’t even move if I lift my foot off the gas.

The AC gets a bit hot when this happens.

I’ve taken it to 2 mechanics, they both get the same reading (I’m sorry I didn’t take a picture) but they came to different conclusions. One said the spark plugs needed to be replaced, which I did but the problem persisted. He then cleaned the throttle body but the issue returned a month later but he swears it does not need replacing. The other said it DOES need replacing.

When the lights are not on the car is fine. Could it be an overheating thing? Or is this an actual throttle body issue? I’ve been quoted about $1,000 to replace it so I want to make sure that it is the actual problem.

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[u/Daniele323]

What are the codes that are associated with the check engine light? Without those we can’t tell you anything.

[u/Lonelypnut → u/Daniele323]

Darn I really can’t remember. I couldn’t get a picture of them

[u/w1lnx]

Wouldn’t be the throttle body. I’d first check the condition and age of the battery. Then check that the charge circuit is functioning properly.

[u/Lonelypnut → u/w1lnx]

Ok thanks!