# Explorer acceleration issue **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [March 31, 2013, 7:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/explorer-acceleration-issue/78375 "2013-03-31T19:35:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ebko87](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ec8ea/32.png) [@ebko87](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ebko87)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 7:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/explorer-acceleration-issue/78375/1 "2013-03-31T19:35:48Z")
2009 Ford Explorer - 6cyl -4L - 36K miles. This morning driving it, I came to a stop sign and as I was braking, the idle starting going up (and up and up) to the point where I had to shut off the engine. When I restarted it, everything was fine and of course, I can’t reproduce this. I have the shop manual and couldn’t find an IAC valve on this vehicle which I’m assuming it doesn’t have. I’m sure I didn’t accidently hit the gas (as opposed to the brake which I know I was presings down on when it was happenning). Years ago I had a different Ford which had the exact same sympton and replacing the IAC solve the problem. Any ideas ?? ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 9:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/explorer-acceleration-issue/78375/2 "2013-03-31T21:25:01Z")
RockAuto lists an IAC valve for your vehicle. [http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/moreinfo.php?pk=382741&cc=1443419](http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/moreinfo.php?pk=382741&cc=1443419) Tester ---
**Author:** ![ebko87](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ec8ea/32.png) [@ebko87](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ebko87)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 2:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/explorer-acceleration-issue/78375/3 "2013-04-01T02:13:59Z")
Thanks Tester. I’m going to see if this happens again and then take a look for this part. Assuming I can find it, I’ll see how it looks - I’ve read that these can be cleaned (carefully). Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 7:55am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/explorer-acceleration-issue/78375/4 "2013-04-01T07:55:22Z")
@ebko87 technically, you’re not supposed to clean IAC valves. But realistically, it sometimes works.