sticky 182 accelerator

[graham182]

Last 1/4 of accelorator travel seems to have a sticking point. Has anyone experienced asnything similar. Car is new only with 600 kms on clock

 

[mechachrome]

my 172 has this, its a pain in the behind!!

 

[graham182]

Is it something that can be fixed ? or just a renault quirk ill have to live with?

 

[mechachrome]

no idea, mine is a mk1 and my mates mk2 is smooth as anything, so maybe just the cable or something, but as you prob have warranty i would get it checked out by the garage

 

[JAY172]

graham-do you mean it like clicks an extra bit right at the end of its travel if you press it harder?

 

[welsh182]

Mine has got a little click right at the end of the travel, not really worried about it, must be the boost switch.

 

[JAY172]

its a kick down switch used in models with cruise control or auto transmission(all clio 2 have the same pedal though)

 

[welsh182]

Not wanting to sound stupid, but what does it do on cruise control models? Cant kick down a gear like an auto??

 

[Matt ATR]

I thought it was the override for the speed limiter? At least it seemed to be in the demo car...

 

[graham182]

Yes it does click at the bottom 1/4 of travel & yes it does have cruise control (waste of time..) guess theres nothing to worry about then.

Thanks all

 

[Lagerlout]

Quote: Originally posted by welsh182 on 05 April 2004

Not wanting to sound stupid, but what does it do on cruise control models? Cant kick down a gear like an auto??

Irs kind of a safety feature for the speed limiter. If you kickdown the accelerator, it turns off the limiter. Cruise control is interrupted by any action on the accelerator, brake or clutch....

 

[graham182]

Seems like an unneccesary pain in the ass...then again im not french

 

[dk]

what are on about graham, cruise control is perfect for motorway driving and road works etc, i use it all the time

 

[Wullie]

I noticed this last 1/4 click on my 182 accelerator pedal tonight and thanks to the search this topic was returned.

As I can now see that it does have a reason for being there and isnt a fault I do have a little question.

Driving in normal conditions with no cruise control or speed limiter on do I have to push past that click to get full throttle or is it already on full throttle just at the point of click?

Mucho Appreciated

 

[peterh2]

Its already at full throttle at the point of the click

 

[Wullie]

Cheers peterh2

 

[Toypop]

Quote: Originally posted by peterh2 on 15 January 2005

Its already at full throttle at the point of the click

I started a thread a while ago asking if that was the case as I suspected that it was already at full throttle and going past the click made no difference.

Do you know that for sure though? How did you find out?

 

[peterh2]

I asked one of the technician’s dealer. The throttle is all electric not cable operated like on the mk1 clio’s and it is at 100% when it reaches the kick down point. The only point in pressing it any further is if you need to disable to speed limiter.