Q: Car accelerates when I'm not trying to
Car doesn't slow down when I try to park. It backs out too fast too when my foot is not on the pedal.
My car has 153000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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Hello. Your car uses a throttle body with a throttle cable to accelerate the engine. Most of the time this is caused by a throttle body that is dirty or failing or a throttle cable that is not releasing. It can also be caused by a vacuum leak but that is not as common. I usually check and clean the throttle body first if it is dirty. If that does not help I check and make sure that the throttle plate is closing like it should. I also make sure that the throttle cable is moving freely. If all of this is fine then it may be a bad throttle position sensor.
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