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assailantsky
01-01-2010, 09:27 PM
My TL VRX gas pedal sometimes "jam" on the way down, this usually happens after I depress the pedal fully after a quick passing move.

To describe the stuck pedal more accurately, I depress the gas pedal down from 0% throttle, and at a point (maybe 20% throttle) shortly after there's a big resistance (more than normal not huge) I press the pedal harder and it gets pass that stuck point. This usually results in the car accelerating more than I want. Most of the time I could get pass this problem by trying to shift the pedal side ways towards the inside (leftward) using my foot if that makes sense.

I have check the pedal assembly and found that one of the pins that holds the pivot point was a bit lose. So I push it back and it's been better (problem less frequent, but then I dont try to use 100% throttle now due to this problem) but the pedal still jam sometimes and I know its not only the pin that's the trouble (so I think).

Is the problem I described a common one and do any body have a solution to this? I think its gona get more annoying as time goes by.

KING EGO
01-01-2010, 09:33 PM
Its your Throttle cable needs replacing. Common magna thing. they dry up and get stiff. they are about $50-70 to purchase and if your a tad handy its a 15-20min job.

mike481050
02-01-2010, 06:42 AM
See this thread
http://www.aussiemagna.com/forums/showthread.php?t=52406

May solve your issue.

Cheers

VR-S3X
02-01-2010, 08:11 AM
Thanks for that info guys, my TJ VRX has the same problem..

assailantsky
02-01-2010, 09:44 PM
Yeah many thanks for EGO and mike's help, and so quick too lol. Should have asked this a while back, had to live with this for a few months now. Hopefully I could get rid of this problem now. Will report back when I get the time to play around... Wish me luck.

Renoman
03-01-2010, 07:29 AM
Don't watch too much American tv - it's not "gas" in Australia ;) America is slowly taking over, but it's not there yet.

assailantsky
03-01-2010, 04:27 PM
You want me to use fuel or petrol instead of gas (fuel pedal/ petrol pedal)? :facejump: Accelerator is our word I think, I was being all inclusive by using it in my title and gas in my post for short, hope everyone takes no offence... And yes I watch too much american shows. :lol