Car freak out after intake installation

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i had some free time today so i decided to install mishimoto intake i purchased months ago. Installation went smooth except I lost couple of nuts in the car. long story short dumb ass me forgot to plug in the sensor before starting the car and car is freaking out right now. What can I do to fix this?
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i had some free time today so i decided to install mishimoto intake i purchased months ago. Installation went smooth except I lost couple of nuts in the car. long story short dumb ass me forgot to plug in the sensor before starting the car and car is freaking out right now. What can I do to fix this?
plug the sensor back in and restart the engine ....
 

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Unplug the battery and waiting a few minutes works for most cars. Not sure about these though. Maybe in the hidden menus there is an option for clearing codes.
 

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no need to disconnect the battery. just plug in the maf sensor and be done with it
 

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I'd be worried about the nuts you lost, also.
 
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I'd be worried about the nuts you lost, also.
meh, it's about an inch long so w/e

all the warning went away after a while.

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