Sticky Gas Pedal

[daniel cauchon]

Hi.....one weird prob that I have ....my gas pedal is sticking when I pressed on it...it seems like it s cought in something...I check it ...grease it..at the pedal and at the engine end...and it does the same thing...it s a pain because..when it unstick you seems to be pressing too much and off it goes ! can you help me ? anybody had the same prob..? I know that we usualy have the same genuine prob on EX..SO MAY BE..

Thanks

 

[ExplorerSportNu]

Now thats just wierd I had the same exact problem last night, are gas pedals must be on their rag - j/k Mine was actually getting hung up on my hood latch popper thing located right next to the peadal, it was the wire, just moved it no problems

 

[coled43]

It is pretty common for the inside of the throttle body to get gummed up and cause it to stick closed. I just remove the intake hose and use throttle body cleaner with a toothbrush and rags.

 

[ExplorerDMB]

carb cleaner works great on the throttle body!

 

[4X4 X]

I had the same problem with the gas pedal sticking, so i took it to the local Ford Dealer and they did a complete upper intake cleaning, and i havent had the problem since. Hope this helps.

 

[Lexian4x4]

Yeah, I’ve had the same problem...lubed the pedal and cables yet nothing worked, so I cleaned my gummy throttle body and it was fixed, kind of. Still have a little stickiness but I just blame it on old stretched parts (92K miles). I recommend Valvoline's Performance System 3-part (fuel and intake system cleaning). We use it at work recommending to customers every 30K miles. Works wonders.

 

[TSTONE]

If you have checked for interference and lubed everything up it is most likely in TB.

 

[daniel cauchon]

what exactly is the throttle body??? any pics sot that I can do it myself ?

tx

 

[mdriggan]

Yeah, mine is sticking too. Im interested in this thread to fix this problem.

 

[rollinstone]

I just got in the TB intake with a clean rag and cleaned out the builtup soot. Did wonders! No more sticky pedal! Should be even better when I shoot some cleaning solvent in there!

 

[explorer94]

i had the same prob but after looking there was a hole in the rubber behind the gas pedal that it was sticking to

 

[daniel cauchon]

A hole in the rubber ! ??? how s that ?

 

[explorer94]

dont know it was just their? kind of a penny size hole to