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Old 05-31-2012, 04:24 PM   #1
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Gas pedal vibration
Hi all,

I bought a Ford Focus SEL last week. So far liking the car. It has 180 miles on it. One thing that I have noticed from the beginning that there is a vibration on the gas pedal at lower speeds. Is this normal? Does it have anything to do with transmission?

BTW, the car was built in last week of April 2012.

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Old 05-31-2012, 04:27 PM   #2
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Mine did that when I first bought it new (16 miles), and I could feel it through the clutch pedal too. Idle has slowly gotten smoother, as has the vibration. I'm now at 1200 miles.
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Are you sure the side of your foot isn't touching the brake pedal? Not pressing on it, just touching the side of it?

I've noticed a lot of vibration in my pedal but, usually, when I look down I can see the left edge of my foot/shoe is grazing the brake pedal - which seems to transmit a ton of vibration.

Not sure that any vibration through the pedals is a good thing, but my car's been doing it for all 5000 of the miles I currently have on it.
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Are you sure the side of your foot isn't touching the brake pedal? Not pressing on it, just touching the side of it?

I've noticed a lot of vibration in my pedal but, usually, when I look down I can see the left edge of my foot/shoe is grazing the brake pedal - which seems to transmit a ton of vibration.

Not sure that any vibration through the pedals is a good thing, but my car's been doing it for all 5000 of the miles I currently have on it.
May be that is what it is. I will try again to see if my foot is grazing the brake pedal. Thanks all!
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Old 06-01-2012, 01:00 PM   #5
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Mine has been doing that to on the brake pedal,
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so did it go away for you guys after almost a year? i just picked up my car this past weekend, i have ~200miles on it now, and still notice a bit of a vibration, i mostly notice it when i let off the gas at ~50mph and 2krpms. car is a 5speed.
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Our car has 17k miles on it now and I think it transmits a bit more vibration than it should through the brake pedal... more than my Saab with polyurethane subframe and transmission mounts. The dealer says it's normal.
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so did it go away for you guys after almost a year? i just picked up my car this past weekend, i have ~200miles on it now, and still notice a bit of a vibration, i mostly notice it when i let off the gas at ~50mph and 2krpms. car is a 5speed.
I have a DCT, and I notice a slight vibration every now and then through my gas pedal, I just thought it was normal. Car is almost a year old now, about 10000 km.
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This car is drive by wire. (electric gas pedal)
There is no mechanical connection between the gas pedal and the engine.
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On that car I would bet you are feeling engine revs through the pedal just as you would any other part of the car. I wouldn't sweat it.
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