lowroller New Member 15 Member For: 14y 4m 25d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 13/09/11 12:52 PM Share Posted 13/09/11 12:52 PM Was driving home tonight and gave the car a bit (nothing crazy) at a set of lights. While I was changing through the gears I noticed the engine was revving out when I put the clutch in (even though my right foot was off). So I put the clutch in, shifted into neutral, turned the engine off (It was revving up to 5000 or somewhere like that) and pulled off the road.After I pulled over I tried to start it again and it was still revving high so I turned it off and waited some more. 15 minutes or so later it was back to normal and I drove home. Tried a few quick starts from standing now and then to replicate what happened but all seems normal..Anyone else had this happen or know why it happened? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/76897-thottle-stuck/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 21y 1m 19d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 14/09/11 12:19 AM Share Posted 14/09/11 12:19 AM Only instances that I know of are from a rolled-up mat underneath the pedal.The throttle position sensor apparently has a few fail-safes in it so wouldn't think that would be the cause, would assume you'd have a warning light and a dead pedal if it was faulty. Either way not something you want to stuff around with, best to get an expert's opinion ASAP. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/76897-thottle-stuck/#findComment-1140445 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratter Member 6,793 Member For: 19y 17d Gender: Male Location: @ my laptop Posted 14/09/11 12:29 AM Share Posted 14/09/11 12:29 AM seen it twice on the dyno, floor mats the cause of both times Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/76897-thottle-stuck/#findComment-1140449 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawlass Silver Donating Members 1,161 Member For: 17y 7m 4d Gender: Male Location: left right out Posted 14/09/11 08:29 AM Share Posted 14/09/11 08:29 AM Been covered here- Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/76897-thottle-stuck/#findComment-1140558 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowroller New Member 15 Member For: 14y 4m 25d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 14/09/11 08:30 AM Author Share Posted 14/09/11 08:30 AM I changed the floor mats from the ones I used to have because they used to roll over on the clutch side, but these ones haven't been doing it. When I pulled over I didn't notice the mat in a strange position..Just a question.. If the mat rolls under the pedal, doesn't that stop you from being able to accelerate rather than stopping the pedal from coming back up?I might take the driver side mat out altogether just to be sure and drive cautious for a while. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/76897-thottle-stuck/#findComment-1140559 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowroller New Member 15 Member For: 14y 4m 25d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 18/09/11 02:48 AM Author Share Posted 18/09/11 02:48 AM I think I can safely say it's not the floor mat after last night.I was driving slowly when I noticed I had no acceleration and the ETC warning light was on. The speedo wasn't working before this happened either, but I wasn't driving far or fast so I ignored that (it always starts working again after I turn the ignition off and on again)So I pulled over and turned the key off and on, all was normal again..A trip to Ford, huh? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/76897-thottle-stuck/#findComment-1141902 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 21y 1m 19d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 18/09/11 03:25 AM Share Posted 18/09/11 03:25 AM Nah...just keep driving it till you either end up in a wall or a ditch. Why bother getting something as serious as a faulty accelerator pedal looked at...waste of time and money. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/76897-thottle-stuck/#findComment-1141917 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pazzo Donating Members 11,132 Member For: 14y 7m 22d Gender: Male Posted 18/09/11 03:27 AM Share Posted 18/09/11 03:27 AM Yeah smash it and claim through insurance and update the car. Just don't kill yourself or anyone else. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/76897-thottle-stuck/#findComment-1141921 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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