Yesterday put my foot on the accelerator and it got stuck for a moment then released (the pedal not my foot) theen again today it done the same a couple of times and I've noticed a sort of clicking sound as it happens, any ideas as to what is wrong and can I fix it myself with a bit of wd40 or is it going to be a mechanic job??

 

Any help appreciated :)

ford? if so it could be the ratchet on top of the clutch pedal sticking, my old fiesta rs1800 did this

No its the beemer! The accelerator pedal keeps sticking.

oh yeah forgot you had the beemer now and not the focus lol

I think yours being a prefacelift and having an M52 engine, it will be a throttle cable still but I could be wrong! What year is the car, I'm fairly sure that only the TU engines sort of 99 to 00 ish, i.e very late prefacelift cars will have the TU engine which I think had electronic throttles.

 

Anyway, if its a cable it could just need some lubrication as you have said, if its electronic then it could be the sensor going a bit dicky which is probably not an easy thing to fix unless you replace the throttle pedal as the sensor will be built into it. However contact cleaner could work wonders.

 

Check that the floor mat isnt getting in the way and any other rubbish that might be floating about in the footwell :)

Thanks Quavey, its a V reg 99.

I think I've worked out what the problem is.....the accelerator pedal has a clip like thing at the base of the pedal and when the pedal is pressed on to accelerate the bottom catches on the clip thing and gets stuck but I don't know whether the clip thing is supposed to be in front of the base of the pedal or behind it, the pedal seems a bit loose for my liking surely the bottom of it shouldn't be able to lift off the floor? Anyone have a clue???

Don't know mate but there are plenty of helpful beemer owners on here. I'm sure one of them will know the answer :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PS. Should have got a zed :tongue:

Yes I know dribbler :p