2005 Ford Focus Gas Pedal sticks

Hi there,

Take the air inlet hose of the throttle body and get some throttle body cleaner, open the throttle plate and clean all the black residue from the butterfly and throttle plate, this should fix your problem.

Mark (mhpautos)

Try cleaning out the throttle plate and look for a binding/kinked acc. Cable

What they're talking about is your throttle body; when you open the hood, look for a big black hard plastic hose that goes from where your air filter box is (on the right hand side, above the battery) to 'somewhere' on your engine. That 'somewhere' is your throttle body. If you remove this hose and look inside the throttle body, you'll see a plate. This plate opens and closes when you push and release the gas pedal. Well after a while, some residue start accumulating around that plate which make your gas pedal feel 'sticky'. What you have to do is clean the plate as well as the throttle body bore with some throttle body cleaner (cost $2). This is what that person did for you last year, and probably what you need to do this year as well.
Hope this help.

Hi there,

This procedure should be part of the basic service, I do it in my work shop for every EFI car, its the only way to keep this problem under control.

Mark (mhpautos)