YACT: Accelerator close to ground.

[slycat]

My roomate wants to buy this car...it has about 130k on it. When i drove it, everything seems fine but the accelerator is quite close to the floor. I pretty much gotta floor it to move fast. Doesn't stick or anything just that accelerator pedal is real close to ground.

Any car gurus have any idea if thats a warning sign for some problem?

 

[Zenmervolt]

Might just be a loose throttle cable. Nothing big. Nothing else common that I can think of. Of course, it could also just be the way the car is.

ZV

 

[slycat]

ok dokie.

 

[slycat]

anyone else?

 

[spacejamz]

how much is 14 year old celica going for these days anyway?

To lazy to check edmunds.com right now...😀

 

[radioouman]

I agree with the loose throttle cable diagnosis, but how does that actually happen? I guess if the sheath is broken that might happen, or if it isn't connected to the throttle body properly...

 

[Colt45]

adjust throttle cable and/or linkage

 

[slycat]

Originally posted by: radioouman
I agree with the loose throttle cable diagnosis, but how does that actually happen? I guess if the sheath is broken that might happen, or if it isn't connected to the throttle body properly...

do u have to get it tightened?...or sheath fixed?...costly?

 

[TwoBills]

Originally posted by: Colt45
adjust throttle cable and/or linkage

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: slycat
1991 Toyota Celica

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I pretty much gotta floor it to move fast.

That's normal. 😛

- M4H

 

[NutBucket]

The cable might be like an $80 part if you actually need to replace it. Otherwise it would take a mechanic maybe 10 minutes to fix it.