Sticking accelerator pedal

[sconut1]

I was on my way to work on Tuesday morning, when my Marauder decided to do a Toyota Prius impersonation. I was approaching a yellow light, punched it, (yea...I know...don't do that), and the pedal never came back up.

A quick hit to the brakes, a simultaneous shift to neutral, and a flick of the key and I came to a safe stop. I stepped on the accelerator a couple of times and it popped loose.

Needless to say, I'm a little nervous about hitting the skinny pedal too hard right now. Anyone had this happen before on their Marauder? If so, did you ever find out what happend?

[4play]

make it stick again and look where its sticking, clean out your tb too, do you have any other floor mats besides the factory ones in there?

[Zack]

Check the condition of the carpet in that area before you blame the gas pedal

[Motorhead350]

This happened in both my moms 88 Mercedes and 05 Lincoln Navigator. I just pulled the petal up with the toe of my shoe and it was fine after that. It simply was the floor mat being too far forward.

[fastblackmerc]

Check your floor mat.

[03blackmerc]

Check the condition of the carpet in that area before you blame the gas pedal

this happened to me, cheap floor mats with no eye hole for the hook

[SpartaPerformance]

The cable could be binding inside the plastic sheath that goes to the TB, also check the TB linkage too.

[RF Overlord]

^^^what VistaBlue said^^^

That happened to a few members very early on. I don't remember what the exact cause was...I think one just loosened the brackets on the TB and repositioned the cable slightly.

Also, give the TB a good cleaning. Phoebe used to have a slight "stick" when first depressing the pedal. There was a buildup of gunk behind the butterflies that I cleaned using TB cleaner (be sure it says "safe for coated throttle bodies") and a couple of Q-tips. Nice and smooth now.

[sconut1]

Did it again today! I need to get on this....fast. Good call on the mats... I'll have a look. I have the factory mat hooked in, but I have a rubber mat over the factory mat to save the original mat. I might need to re-think this if it's the mat getting stuck in the pedal

[CBT]

I had it happen, the gasket on my JLT came apart and a piece wedged the right hand side blade open on the throttle body, and I had nailed it at a light. Pretty hairy ride for a couple minutes.

[chader]

I just had this happen. The mat is not it. The throttle body is clean and appears to be free. I moved it back at the TB by hand and all has been fine, but it still scares me. was looking hard at the TB spring but it looks fine, and I compared it to others.
If someone comes up with something please let me know, I take the family in this car lots.

[wht02lightning]

I just had this happen. The mat is not it. The throttle body is clean and appears to be free. I moved it back at the TB by hand and all has been fine, but it still scares me. was looking hard at the TB spring but it looks fine, and I compared it to others.
If someone comes up with something please let me know, I take the family in this car lots.

Seeing as you have the trilogy kit, its probly a lost cause, The only thing you can do is trade me your car for mine (the throttle has NEVER stuck), and ill even do it even steven.


eh worth a try right??

[chader]

ya I can't blame you! It is even more fun when the throttle sticks in the middle of a burn out!

[fastblackmerc]

I just had this happen. The mat is not it. The throttle body is clean and appears to be free. I moved it back at the TB by hand and all has been fine, but it still scares me. was looking hard at the TB spring but it looks fine, and I compared it to others.
If someone comes up with something please let me know, I take the family in this car lots.

I'd call Jerry at Trilogy to see if they can help out. From what I heard the advice is free.

[sconut1]

Boy do I feel like an idiot....

It absolutely was the floor mat. I pulled the mat back, and tried a WOT acceleration in a safe spot and no more throttle sticking. A good lesson learned..... if you're going to use a rubber mat over the factory mat, check it every time you get into the car. I might have to re-think the whole rubber floor mat thing.

Thanks everyone for posting (and hopefully not laughing too hard)