Hello, my girlfriend has a 2000 accord coupe and my mom has a 1999 accord sedan and both of them have this problem where the gas pedal will get stuck/stiff during initially startup. (In the morning or sitting for awile) What can I do to cure this problem .Thanks for your help.

 

Have you tried cleaning the throttle body?

 

take off the rubber stock intake and check/clean the butterfly thing

 

No, I have not tried any of thoose. She has an aem short ram intake, so the stock intake is not even on their. What butterfly thing are you talking about? Thanks for the responses so far.

 

it's basically carbon buildup on the throttle body.

honda will do that for you if you bitch at them. i got the same problem.

it sticks when the engine is cold, or if left idle too long, and to gas, you have to step on it pretty hard.

i went to the honda dealer for something else, told them about what happened, first they say it's because of carbon buildup, and want to charge 180 dollars. i bitch at them a little, they agree to clean the throttle body, free of charge, good will services....

 

I noticed the same thing when I drove my friend's 6th gen (98 I believe) back from NYC last weekend. When you go to slowly back out of a space or something you try to push the pedal lightly and then you press harder and the car jumps. I also noticed it more when the car was cold or just started. So this is carbon buildup in the TB ? Is there anyway to clean this yourself?

 

Just hose it out with some tb-cleaner.

 

Yeah, even 3M have a spray can of TB cleaner, just spray the sh)t out of it and clean it up.

 

check your calipers, maybe they are stuck.

 

Can you get TB cleaner at a local auto parts store? Also I remember reading somewhere awhile back that it can mess up some sensors, is this true ? Do you spray it while the car is running. I will probably have to do it for my friend so I don't want to F it up...

 

why would there be carbon in the TB? doesn't make sense.

 

That's what I was thinking but I figure it must come from that valve cover vent that goes into the intake and lets exhaust gases recirculate through the engine.

 

Good thought. Yet another reason to diable the EGR.

 

 

Frozen calipers will cause brake drag, but not like he described where there is a sudden jolt.

 

It doesn't have anything to do with the EGR system. Did you mean PCV system?
PCV = good
EGR = good
Disableing either = bad


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