My accelerator is sticking!

[Jonny Chee 0]

A few times since buying my G60 about four weeks ago I have noticed that my accelerator pedal sticks a bit. At first I thought it was some sort of auto-choke as the revs didn't really go above 1250 rpm without me touching the pedal.

Anyway, this morning it felt much worse. The revs would go up to 2-3000 rpm without me touching the pedal! When I parked up I noticed that after acceleration, the pedal doesn't come out fully unless I put my foot under it and lift it up!

Any idea how to fix this as its dangerous???!!!!

 

Thanks.

[Supercharged 2]

First - oil the mechanism ontop of the Throttle Body

 

Second - change the cable, new ones come complete with cable guide etc

[Gman 0]

mine does the same.

Just be carefull when putting your foot under the pedal it could unclip the cable. this happend to me on fri in rush hour trafic on the A34. not nice.

that said it only too 5 min to clip it back in but can be dangerouse

 

G

[kvwloon 0]

Had that on my 16v. There's a small plastic cone at the pedal end of the cable which sits in to a sleeve when you come off the accelerator. After time this cone can get slightly ridged, so instead of sliding back in to place inside the guide, it catches, stops the cable coming 'off' fully and holds your revs up. Change the cable I reckon, relatively cheap.

[Gman 0]

Yeah. I am going for a new cable the next time i am near GSF.

 

G

[Jonny Chee 0]

Where would I get my hands on a cable and how much would it cost me?

[kvwloon 0]

GSF or VW, about £15 (at least it was for a 16v)

[Henny 0]

The only place to get the cable from is VAG and it's about £15... Got one the week before last... GPC may be able to get 'em, but with the postage, I doubt they'll be much cheaper... :|

 

My throttle is also jamming and I've almost cured it now... I changed the cable which made things 100000 times better, but on my car the actual throttle body itself has worn on the housing where the butterfly spindle sits, so when you use the throttle the whole shaft twists as well as turns, and it's this extra movement that's causing my problems... I don't think this is very common though, and as my car has 250K miles on it, I'm just gonna get a second hand one to sort it out.... :) :lol:

[C. Will Corrado G60 2 0]

I had this too thought the cable was damaged but after having a closer look it was the shelve under the steering wheel which was stopping the accelerator pedal coming all the way back up.

[Red=Fast 0]

same thing happend to my G60. then the cable snapped when i was driving home. i would replace it as soon as possible so you dont get stuck. =]

[dinkus 10]

If you do replace the cable, could you take pics for the how-to site please? :D

[Henny 0]

I'll take a couple of pics on mine this weekend if no-one else has in the mean time... 8) I've yet to put the underdash back in, so I can still photo all the bits you need to see... 8)