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Toyota Forums _ Toyota Avalon Forum _ Help--avalon Accelerating At Full Tilt!

Posted by: lkeller Nov 18 2008, 08:16 PM

when I start my 1995 avalon the acceleration goes all the way up for no apparent reason! Over 200K miles, and hate to spend money on it at this point. any ideas out there? Thank you

Posted by: Tom in Tacoma Nov 18 2008, 09:42 PM

If the gas pedal goes to the floor and doesn't return you may have a broken throttle linkage or a broken/missing return spring. It will require someone to eyeball it.

If that's not the issue - you might want to plan on having it looked at by a mechanic.

Good Luck!

Posted by: lkeller Nov 19 2008, 09:06 AM

Thank you--will check!

Posted by: humanoid Nov 19 2008, 10:29 AM

Could be a gunked up throttle body/butterfly valve too.