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I owna 04 svt focus and as of this morning the acclerator pedal has had a funny feeling to it. It seems ot get almost sticky and stuck at points and I have to push down real hard to even get it to budge. Sometimes its normal but sometimes it becomes really hard to push, but oncei push it it feels like i became unstuck. Whats going on here???

Any help would be great!

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I had the sticky gas pedal issue about a month back.. it was really bad in the mornings when it was cold, id have to use excessive force on the pedal and then lurch forward. It would stop after i got her warmed up. Just clean your throttle body out real good, theres a how to on here, look it up with the search. Carburetor cleaner did the trick for me.
 
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SpeedMatters said:
I had the sticky gas pedal issue about a month back.. it was really bad in the mornings when it was cold, id have to use excessive force on the pedal and then lurch forward. It would stop after i got her warmed up. Just clean your throttle body out real good, theres a how to on here, look it up with the search. Carburetor cleaner did the trick for me.
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Hmm isnt there some coating on the manifold that carb cleaner removes? or did you just spray a rag and use that to clean it.
 
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it happened to me going down the interstate about 3 days ago. it was snowing so im guessing it jus got really cold and froze up.. but hasn't happened since
 
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allanzx3 said:
Hmm isnt there some coating on the manifold that carb cleaner removes? or did you just spray a rag and use that to clean it.
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Yes there is a coating on the throttle plate. I used alcohol and a rag. You will have to open the plate manually and hold it open- or remove the TB to clean it. This will not be easy. I had to rub very very hard to remove the black deposits. I had to literally dig at it with my fingers. I'm at 80k miles, and this is the first time I've had the sticky TB issue in the winter.
 
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