shawn744

Hey men. I've got this stupid freakin problem with my 03 TLS.......when i lightly (or normally) press on my gas pedal, it doesn't go, then just goes in suddenly.....not so much that you'd have a hard time pressing, but enough to give an uncomfortable (and embarrasing) jolt when coming out of a light, or intersection. Before i take it to the dealer, i wanted to know if there was a DIY grease/lube job i could do to the gas pedal mechanism or something....i'd really appreciate it....it's definitely taking away from the TL's sweet assness....thanks. -shawn

GunnmeTaLCURA04

man i wish i could tell you what it is.. But my friend has a 99 TL and when i drove it. it did the same crap.. u try just to gently press down and nothing. so u are ok.... do it bit harder and nothing but when you get through that "click" point it just jumps.. wierd...

fsttyms1

you can try looking for kinks in the cable before it goes into the protective case by the throttle body. the throttle body may be sticking a little, try pulling on the lever that the cables pull on (on the throttle body) and see if it sticks or is hard to move. it may need to be cleaned out

shawn744

dunno if i could do that...i'll check it out though....ya think there's any way i could look up into the pedal w/ my head on the floor and grease/clean anything up in there? first car that ever did this.

bigman

you may have slack or gunk on the throttle cable. But it sounds to me like you have a problem with the TPS(throttle positioning sensor). I had the same problem and it was a bitch to adjust. First of all, Acura for some reason, brakes the heads off the screws so you cant adjust the tps. My mechanic had to put fresh screws in the tb and he used an o meter to get the car back to stock specs. After that, the car was running awesome again.

xpothosx

i used to have this same problem in my 2000 Accord. Always hated it. Pissed me off.

yield2s

no man your trottle body is junked up. just use some T/B cleaner and it'll be good as new. I've fixed that exact same problem on my 02 TL-S and other cars also.

shawn744

i just noticed we had 3 gas pedal threads in 1 day including mine......when i did a search on the past threads i couldn't find ONE......wow.....i started a bad chain.....

bigman

if it was carbon buildup, he would have less power, not a sticky pedal.

Tom Blasing

It would probably idle a little too low also.

That delay in response is something we used to call a 'dead spot' many moons ago when carb-ed engines were the norm. This 'dead spot' just so happens to be in the very beginning.

GreatSmile

I had the same thing on my 2003 TLS. Brought it to dealer and they cleaned out throttle body and it's now fine. Hope this help.

yield2s

clean the trottle body.