Hiya all. I’ve noticed on the last few longer journeys i’ve done the accelerator pedal has an annoying creak when holding it at a specific position. I can feel it through my foot, so pretty sure it’s the pedal.

 

I had something similar on my old Fiesta. That had an exposed spring that i sprayed with some grease and it was fine afterwards… after a quick glance though it looks like the fabia one is a sealed unit.

 

Anyone else had the same? Any recommendations?

2 hours ago, Confused_Cheese said:

the accelerator pedal has an annoying creak when holding it at a specific position.

This makes no obvious sense. If it creaked passing through a given angle, that would make sense but the statement reads as "If I hold the throttle pedal at $percent open it creaks".

I thought it would be clear, but what I mean is when travelling on a 60 MPH road for example where the speed is close to constant but there may be mm adjustments to maintain that speed due to gradients, bumps, traffic, corners etc. It doesn't creak through every movement or range of the pedals travel. It may happen when passing that angle normally, but I haven't noticed it do so in regular driving just when holding a particular speed towards the end of longer journeys.

 

Had the car for about 5-6 years now and its only been the last 6 months or so it's started doing it and it gets pretty annoying 

Do the easy stuff first, clean and lubricate, my choice is GT85 as it's a penetrant, longer lasting lubricant, smells nice and not thick and greasy as er, grease which can hold debris and perhaps cause a creak.  😁 

 

If you want to hold a steady 60 mph the cruise control (if fitted) will be better (steadier) at that and give a little bit more mpg (not that I ever use it as I don't like it and don't worry too much about mpg as one or two people travelling in a heavy car).

 

 https://gt85.co.uk/

 

 

HTH.

Thanks for the reply  I use cruise control a lot when on motorways, but I've done a fair old amount of trips recently on A/B roads where there a lot more roundabouts or being stuck behind someone etc. so switching it on/off all the time isn't worth it.

 

My first thought was to give it a good spray with something but I wasn't too sure about any electrics inside. I'm assuming they are drive by wire so will be some sensors and stuff in. I already have some GT85 and you're right on the smell  think it'll be safe to use?

I checked only earlier this year with WD-40 Company (the invasive Yank corporation that owns the former British company that was GT85) and on second try they replied that it hadn't been tested for such unlike WD-40 Multi-Use but a couple people I know that have tried it have said it's been fine, I'm not sure I've ever used it on electrics because I still have Servisol Super 10 switch cleaner and lubricant but I probably have and would without worrying about it but I'm just some bloke off the internet.  If you use it and it buggers up the pedal and you crash and die do let me know and I'll be more cautious about its use.

 

Always remember to shake the can first (the instructions are on the label).

 

ETA: One of my theories is that the thin aerosol lubricant spray can/may wash out debris but that doesn't mean you have to use a lot of the spray, shake the can, quick spray both sides of the pedal pivot, leave to soak in for a minute or two, work the pedal up and down by hand, if creak has gone great if not another quick spray, soak and work in.

 

You may need more to get the old spray grease out, an old tooth brush bristles might be enough, I don't know I've never looked at the pedal.

 

Edited 21 May, 20242 yr by nta16

1 hour ago, nta16 said:

If you use it and it buggers up the pedal and you crash and die do let me know and I'll be more cautious about its use.

Don’t worry if i do die i’ll come haunt you in the form of a creaky pedal so you know its me   Appreciate the reply/help.

 

I do have some contact cleaner spray, might try a little of that first to help clear. I may have some silicone spray left which should be non conductive iirc 🤔 was hoping this was a more common thing with an internet approved solution.

 

Pedal looks like this btw

 

1 hour ago, Confused_Cheese said:

Don’t worry if i do die i’ll come haunt you in the form of a creaky pedal so you know its me  

Please don't the car already has enough creaks, rattles and thumps, and intermittent to add to the 'joy'.  Perhaps they're from was my suggestions to try it on brake pads and discs, whoops.

 

Yes you could try some contact cleaner at the pivot points and if that don't work move on to GT85, even if it does work after you could give the GT85 a quick shake and spray as a longer lasting lubricant.

 

Thanks for the photo say going into the dark hole of the footwell looking at black plastic against dark carpet on my knees.

 

Most service and maintenance and many repairs boil down to clean or clean and lubricate, even the very sexy and macho scan tools deleting error codes is electronic cleaning or the old favourite "switch it off 'n' on agen".

 

This weekend I went to lock my neighbour's porch pvc door but the 5 point lever would go even with the door open out of the frame so as I knew he had a can of GT85 because I gave it to him a quick shake and spray and the GT85 and all was fine door locked with ease.  That'd be a £130 job down that there Lundun plus call-out fee. 😄