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why does my gas pedal stick?

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Old 08-30-2007, 11:42 PM
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for some reason my gas pedal started to stick at the beginning of the summer when i didnt drive my car for two weeks straight. got any ideas?
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Old 08-31-2007, 01:04 AM
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for some reason my gas pedal started to stick at the beginning of the summer when i didnt drive my car for two weeks straight. got any ideas?
did u check ur throttle cable??? mine went bad after 4 years and cause the pedal to get stuck!!
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Old 08-31-2007, 03:27 PM
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for some reason my gas pedal started to stick at the beginning of the summer when i didnt drive my car for two weeks straight. got any ideas?
did u check ur throttle cable??? mine went bad after 4 years and cause the pedal to get stuck!!
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its right on top of your throttle body... id pop the hood and play with it to see what could be wrong.
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Old 08-31-2007, 03:36 PM
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how bad as in sticking. like when u push down a little bit. you might want to try to clean the throttle body first of gunk that builds up in there at the butterfly.
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