excelerator depresses itself

[monsoon]

hi Pretender, sorry missed your reply

the pedal stays down for a split second,always seem to happen when its wet, or hitting bumps..happens,even if ive taken my foot off pedal.
have had it checked out by 2 auto electricians ,but recently found out that both my front radius rod bushes broken/cracked.maybe thats contributing?
throwing sensors off?

 

[ScottB_33]

Sounds more like a throttle cable problem, that is binding in the protective plastic casing and therefore as you press down the wires have broken and are binding in the casing. If you remove your throttle cable and work the butterfly on the throttle body by hand and it moves freely with no binding then the problem is in the cable. If not and the throttle butterfly sticks inside the throttle body then the unit itself is faulty. Was a common problem on old VN's with a warped throttle body and I have changed many of them due to this problem.

 

[monsoon]

hi scott
thanks for you reply ..i'll get that checked out.

cheers

 

[Doctor Bob]

it sounds like normal operation of the traction control. does the trac light flash when this happens

Rob

 

[monsoon]

on a couple of occasions "low traction" light came on the Dash yes.
so is that supposed to be normal Doctor? ..thanks for your input.

 

[EXCESSV]

yep....good old traction control...it will depress and push back at you
always happens on my clubby but thats due to the owner and his heavy foot at times :whistling

 

[monsoon]

lol.. ok so do i just accept it ? never come across this before ..( then again never had a V8 before just a bit scary when ive hit a bit of a dip / potholes roads are shite here, and that happens.

 

[EXCESSV]

lol.. ok so do i just accept it ? never come across this before ..( then again never had a V8 before just a bit scary when ive hit a bit of a dip / potholes roads are shite here, and that happens.

yeah just have to accept it or hit that traction control button to turn it off but you better have some good car control skills with the v8 under your right foot

although the accelerator depresses it doesnt actually accelerate the car so its all good

 

[monsoon]

ok DeanoHSV thanks for your help, greatly appreciated..happy driving:yeah:

 

[EXCESSV]

ok DeanoHSV thanks for your help, greatly appreciated..happy driving:yeah:

:rofl: i'm a good little boy :whistling