Accelerator pedal
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I agree with others. The pedal should be easy to press. Either something is interfering with it, it may need to be lubed which I doubt or something else is wrong. I'd get under there and take a good look with a flash light. I'd think what ever the issue is, it should be an easy fix.
Last edited by slief; Jan 26, 2014 at 06:20 PM.
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Glad to hear its a fixable problem - are you talking about looking at the pedal itself in the car or cabling under hood ? I am not messing with it if its not an easy fix dealer will take care of that.
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As I mentioned, I think it is just a reostat at the pivot, it is drive by wire, not a cable going anywhere. Haven't looked but should just be a pivot point. Might check for a carpet interfering but if not, and you are close to the dealer bring it in.
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I doubt lubricating it will help at all but if you do decide to do that, I see if that cover is removable. The tension is likely from the spring it in. Personally, if I were concerned about it, I'd bring it to the dealer but I also have a dealer a mile from me. That or I would find another Corvette to compare to be it a late model year C6 or a C7.
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I agree with you rsvette. I don't know if you would say is hard to work but it sure is stiff. I get in my wife's car and push down like I do mine and damn near burn the tires. I'll check the carpet and apply lub tomorrow.
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I wont mess with a reostat thats for sure, guess I will have to take it to a dealer, hopefully a closer one than where I bought it, but from your posts its looking like they may be on the stiff side and this hopefully can be adjusted as it is very uncomfortable.
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I don't know how big you are but I'm a little guy at 5'6" and 150 pounds. There is nothing uncomfortable about pushing on the gas peddle of my car. If your peddle is that hard to push, I'd say something is definitely wrong. While it may be stiffer than the C6, the difference is negligible. I'm going to go back to the garage and look at the peddle some more and see if and how the cover comes off.
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Went back out and looked and there is a hidden bolt under a small cover holding the peddle cover or whole peddle in place. If you were feeling ambitious, you could pull that and see if there is a spring tensioner under the peddle cover. There is no cable going to the engine. It's all wires as mentioned earlier so if there is an issue, it lies within that peddle mechanism or something interfering with it.
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Slief thanks buddy appreciate you checking it out, I am 5'8' 155 pounds so it does sound like it may be a spring issue because it does not feel correct, I really have to give it a good effort to get it to move so now I really want someone to look at it, I would have checked other cars if I had known but didn't try it until I was driving out of the dealer parking lot, hmm, I will check for obstruction in the morning but doubt thats it.
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I seriously doubt that there is a resotat on the C7!
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For me it's not so much that it is stiff, it just seems you have to push it further than you'd expect to get the intended response from the car. It's as though the potentiometer doesn't change the setting much for the first inch of pedal travel. My guess is that is intentional so the un-experienced won't get in the car and put way more power to the wheels than they intended.
