Stuck Accelerator Pedal Gen6

[ChristianTRD]

Hi

I have a Gen6 Celica ST and the accelerator (throttle) pedal is stuck fast?

I have managed to free it twice but it's gone back to being stuck in the up position.

The spring return is fine but something allows it to stick. It's almost like you have to break an invisible seal.

I have lubricated the pedal and spring in the footwell with GT85. Once free it works fine. If left say 5 mins it's back to being stuck again?

I know Toyota had a recall for sticking pedals but that was newer models with fly-by-wire. My local Toyota dealer kindly did a recall serach for my car on outstanding recalls but nothing came up.

This is ruining an outstanding vehicle. My girlfriend is afraid that it will stick down with the same force and could cause an accident.

Any suggestions or help will be greatly appreciated.

Christian

[ChristianTRD]

Any help from Celica owners who have had similar experience much appreciated ...

[yosemitesam]

Had the same sort of problem with our 2nd Gen6 this morning, after it had been stood for a while.

When we tried to push the accelerator pedal down, nothing happened. I Had to open the bonnet and pull extremely hard on the cable at the throttle body end and it came free.

Hope this helps.

Will spray the whole mechanism with WD40 soon!

[chelseablue]

Sounds like you need to clean the throttle body, common fault on Celicas, easy fix.

[Old Red Celica]

Have you checked the buttrerfly in the throttle body? Remove where the air is fed into the throttle body and operate the throttle. You'll be able to see the butterfly open and closing. The wall of the body may have a build up of muck on it, Redex does not clean this if you add it to fuel. Use some carb cleaner and lint free cloth to clean out the muck.

[christiankay]

Thanks to everyone who responded with advice.

[christiankay]

Quick update, the sticking throttle pedal was linked to the idle screw not being set far enough to stop mechanism from sticking.

I adjusted the idle screw which increased the idle speed and stops the throttle cable mechanism from getting stuck.

Sorted. Now the pedal does not get stuck.