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Gas pedal stuck on my Sunfire 2000

Hi,

As I was driving to work yesterday, my gas pedal got stuck pushed down. I was able to get to work only cause the breaks are still working. I was not able to make a full stop and is wondering why this happened? Is it possible it's because it's missing oil? or because it is really cold outside and it froze?
Please let me know a.s.a.p.
Thank you

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  • veroro_25 Jan 16, 2009

    I checked the floormat and that was not the issue in this case. I'm just thinking that it's just the weather. Cause I just drove my car home and it was fine. It's really cold in the past few days so hopefully that's just the problem.
    Thanks thought!


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Lol...this might sound crazy but usually what happens is the floormats do it...people just dont notice....otherwise it could be the throttle body is so cold it froze...just sprat some silicone spray on it

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