Hi all,
My Mom's Pathfinder's got an annoying quirk when you drive it that I've been trying to track down an answer for. It's got the stock VG33E motor and 4-speed automatic transmission.
It seems to only happen after the car's been driven awhile and then shut off, for example if you drive to a store and park it in the lot. When you get back into it and start it up, it starts fine. If you pick either drive or reverse, the car will roll forward or backwards just as it normally should.
However, the gas pedal sticks at the first say 1/4" of movement. So essentially you have to push harder than you'd like to get the car to move, which then makes the whole car buck and generally scares everyone walking in the parking lot and creates general pandemonium. Once you push it the initial time, it's fine again until the car sits. You can lightly tap the gas and the car works fine.
Any ideas what could cause this? I've gone through and lubricated both the throttle cable and linkage, and the pedal assembly.
I don't even know where to start. Please refrain from the Toyota comments, this isn't that it sticks open...it sticks closed. I'm just trying to figure out what changes between when it's been driven for a bit versus when I first get into it and everything works as it should.
My Mom's Pathfinder's got an annoying quirk when you drive it that I've been trying to track down an answer for. It's got the stock VG33E motor and 4-speed automatic transmission.
It seems to only happen after the car's been driven awhile and then shut off, for example if you drive to a store and park it in the lot. When you get back into it and start it up, it starts fine. If you pick either drive or reverse, the car will roll forward or backwards just as it normally should.
However, the gas pedal sticks at the first say 1/4" of movement. So essentially you have to push harder than you'd like to get the car to move, which then makes the whole car buck and generally scares everyone walking in the parking lot and creates general pandemonium. Once you push it the initial time, it's fine again until the car sits. You can lightly tap the gas and the car works fine.
Any ideas what could cause this? I've gone through and lubricated both the throttle cable and linkage, and the pedal assembly.
I don't even know where to start. Please refrain from the Toyota comments, this isn't that it sticks open...it sticks closed. I'm just trying to figure out what changes between when it's been driven for a bit versus when I first get into it and everything works as it should.
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