Q: Gas pedal stuck intermittently

asked by on August 10, 2017

HI. the gas pedal got stuck while driving at medium to high speeds. It suddenly happened twice during a 90 km drive. my solution to that was to press on the pedal again to "release" it back to its normal position.. Is it the throttle cable ? maybe the throttle position sensor? i suspected that the kickdown cable may sometimes be touching the throttle cable and restricting it from returning back...One more thing, i almost filled up my gas tank and parked it on an incline (tilted to the right). Drops or stains of gas can be seen in front of the right rear tire...Is it a leak or a normal thing? Many thanks..

My car has 154000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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