Thread: Squishy Gas Pedal???

Hi, I just got my first car which happens to be a 1999 Pontiac Grand Prix GT. It has 169,000 miles so it isn't new and I understand not everything will be like new. But the thing that bothers me the most is the gas pedal. When I push it down it doesn't snap back right away like other cars I have driven. It kinda slowly moves back it feels like. The way I have been describing it to other people is like pillows. The gas pedal is like a memory foam pillow. It slowly comes back. While other pillows snap back like every other car's gas pedal is that I have driven. Is there anyway I could adjust something or tighten something? Maybe even replace a spring or something like that? I don't know. Please help. Thanks in advance.

clean your tb and lube your throttle cable

OK That's what I thought it was. Is that hard to do? How would I lube the throttle cable just squirt some WD-40 down the cable? How do I take the cable off the throttle body?

id think the cable is frayed up inside, take the throttle cable off the TB, and then move it, it should be nice and smooth. if it slides nice, then the TB is gummed up and needs to be cleaned up.

may need anew cable, its just like a hand brake cable on your old bmx bike or 10 speed, or mt bike lol, i know you know how that feels when its breaking inside the housing.

if you work the linkage on the TB, you should be able to feel if the cable is sticking.