When i push the gas pedal my car barely accelerates and when i push the gas pedal all the way to the floor it still accelerates very slow.
Gas pedal to the floor slow acceleration.
Nothing at all besides a slight acceleration until we pulled off the road.
This is a common problem found especially in high mileage vehicles.
I could push the pedal to the floor with little to no response and mostly no response.
Upon trying to resume accelerating we got no response from the gas pedal.
We were going up an incline and got cut off by another car and had to push on the brakes.
Drain the gas tank and flush with fresh gas and refill.
I need to know whats wrong submitted.
3 malfunction of tps the basic principle of the throttle position sensor tps is to detect the throttle valve opening angle which is controlled by accelerator pedal.
Your catalytic converter may be clogged.
Modern vehicles feature a complex set of systems for delivering fuel to the engine and evacuating exhaust gasses and a failure of any.
It has a fail safe design a spring which returns it to the idle position when not depressed by the driver.
Replace the fuel filter.
The fuel filter may be clogged.
Replace accelerator pump or clean or replace the carburetort.
Sure the car is moving but it s ridiculously slow and you can tell that the engine is struggling to keep up.
The throttle which controls fuel and air supply to the engine and is also known as the accelerator or gas pedal is normally the right most floor pedal.
Before you get too worried let s take a look at some of the possible easy fixes.