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Probably just a throttle cable. (archive)
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Posted by Chris on July 10, 2000 at 01:07:33:

In Reply to: Help!!! Gas Pedal doesn't work posted by Fellow Bimmer on July 09, 2000 at 23:53:16:

: Can anyone tell me what is wrong with my car. I was driving and all of a sudden my gas pedal stops working. Usually it takes quite a bit of force to step on the gas but now its so soft and the car no longer revs or accelerates. Everything else seems to be working fine. The engine is fine because I can pop the hood and rev the car by pressing down on the wire that connects to the gas. but if I'm in the car and leave it in netrual and step on the gas nothing happens. Does something go loose with the pedal or something. Did anyone esle ever have this problem. How much is it going to cost to fix. Thanks for all your help


If you know where the throttle butterfly is see if the throttle cable is loose or has popped off. You can poke around in the passenger compartment too. Look at the accellerator pedal something could have snapped. It really shouldn't do this. That is dangerous. It probably will not cost very much maybe under warranty? Doesn't hurt to ask. Make up some story that it quit right on some train tracks and you had to get out and push and just barely missed being on the news. Who knows?

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