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When I was in college, I once had the accelerator stick on my 1979 Toyota Celica GT. I punched it in order to merge onto a 4 lane highway, and it stuck down.
by spudlyo 17y ago
When I was in college, I once had the accelerator stick on my 1979 Toyota Celica GT. I punched it in order to merge onto a 4 lane highway, and it stuck down. I braked a bit which was not very useful, and ended up putting it into neutral and then killing the engine. Scared the crap outta me. To this day I'm not sure why it stuck, I thought it could have been the floor mats at the time.
- akamaka 17y agoThis happens on my Corolla, which is quite old now. If I floor the gas on the highway, it continues to accelerate for a while after letting go the gas. It freaked me out the first time. The folks in the shop told me that I have a build-up of carbon on the throttle body, which causes the throttle to be sticky. They offered to clean it off, but I couldn't be bothered to pay for it. There's definitely nothing wrong with the pedal or any electronic control systems, it's just a car that needs tuning up.