Thread: Gas Pedal Sticking

Ok so lately my gas pedal has been sticking in one spot and its getting pretty annoying. If I turn my car off and leave it sitting there for about an hour or more, the gas pedal sticks in it's initial position. I have to apply a lot of pressure from my foot to push the pedal down, but then once it's pushed down, I have no problems releasing completely off and then pushing it back down (goes up and down very smoothly). I've tried spraying the metal piece that connects to the pedal with WD40 but it made no difference. Any ideas on what is causing this and how I can fix it?

Probably a lot of carbon build up in the throttle body sticking the throttle plate closed while it sits.

Is there an easy way I could clean the carbon off?

Throttle body cleaner. Make sure its safe for MAF sensors.

Originally Posted by Sabrewings

Throttle body cleaner. Make sure its safe for MAF sensors.

I have a bottle of CRC mass air flow sensor cleaner from autozone, would this work?

I would think ideally you would want to take the throttle body off the car and clean it. That way you could remove the sensors and then use brake cleaner to clean everything out. Of course your going to need a security torx bit tool for the MAF and a new throttle body gasket.

this is nothing to ignore or mess wiith could cost you the car and or your life man! be safe and i hope its an easy fix =]