The problem was most obvious after sitting for several days. It never caused any incident but I was aware it could happen so I was very careful not to put it in a precarious situation (tight parking, heavy on brake when starting out). I resolved it cheaply by cleaning the throttle plate area.
the gas pedal has stuck for a long time and repeated lubrication of the throttle cable and where the cable connects to the throttle didn, t work. Almost seems like I have a magnetic attraction to the throttle stop. Is that possible?
The gas pedal on my 2001 1500 Silverado with a 5.3L V8 sticks a little. When I go to accelerate it sticks causing the vehicle to jump when pressing on the gas pedal. Really gets annoying when stuck in stop and go traffic or in a parking lot.
- Jason M.,
Enumclaw, WA, US
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Sometimes my gas pedal gets stuck when i go to press it and its worse when the truck is in idle. I would have to press it really hard for the truck to go and it kicks in the causes the truck to jerk. What might be the problem?
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Had the same problem, just cleaned the throttle plate and I haven't had a problem with it since. It's been over 10,000 miles ago...
- gorace88, Brighton, IL, US