spooky wrote:They were old posts, mine has started doing it, they are now about £115.00 on Fleabay unless someone knows different ?
cruising comet wrote:I'm also surprised at how common this is, just had mine replaced, driving along and lost all power, switched off engine & restarted but could not rev the engine or move, the AA man said it was the throttle pedal but Busseys Ford said they didn't know until they put it on the diagnostics computer at a cost of around £60 + vat! I said cant you just fit a new pedal? to which they said "It could be anything sir" anyway it turned out to be the throttle pedal, the final bill came out at around £190 but at least it works again, Ford obviously use the diagnostics computer to rake in extra money, if it happens again I will insist on them just fitting a new pedal at £59!
lightning wrote:cruising comet wrote:I'm also surprised at how common this is, just had mine replaced, driving along and lost all power, switched off engine & restarted but could not rev the engine or move, the AA man said it was the throttle pedal but Busseys Ford said they didn't know until they put it on the diagnostics computer at a cost of around £60 + vat! I said cant you just fit a new pedal? to which they said "It could be anything sir" anyway it turned out to be the throttle pedal, the final bill came out at around £190 but at least it works again, Ford obviously use the diagnostics computer to rake in extra money, if it happens again I will insist on them just fitting a new pedal at £59!
What happened to the garage trying a new pedal to see if it fixed the fault? They must know about the fault with the throttle pedal on these vans.
Mine had three in 80,000 miles at over £100 each.
Although it is tempting, l wouldn't fit a used one. As it is such a common fault, who knows how long it will last?
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