C3 Pluriel Sticking Accelerator Cable

[davidspluriel]

;) :D I have the C3 Pluriel Sensodrive

 

Over the last few months I have found in the early morning that when I initially start the engine, the car revvs very high for a few seconds before settling down.

 

Since then, when I lock the steering wheel this sometimes repeats itself.

 

Recently I was doing a 3-point turn when the engine, all on its own, suddenly revved up and drove me straight into a wall causing cosmetic damage to the car.

 

I know I was not pressing the accelorator, however the car seemed to have a mind of its own and would not stop. It is almost like the cable getting stuck as the car was in full lock forcing the car to rev up whilst in gear, hence hitting the wall.

 

Obviously I am both annoyed and very concerned. At the moment the car is in a garage having the bodywork repaired, however the insurance will not fix any potential technical faults.

 

I will be taking the car to the Citroen garage once completed and would really like to know if this problem has happened to anyone else?

 

Please help.

[paul.h]

Welcome to the forum.

If your car is like our 1.4sx petrol, the car does not have an accelerator cable. The pedal is wired to the car so presumably its position is taken from a potentiometer at the end of the pedal - there could be some wear in this if the car has done a lot of miles. A new pedal is about £40 and held in place by 2 bolts. I replaced ours since the engine revs did not increase steadily over the initial part of the pedal position making it difficult to control when setting off.

When we got our diesel Picasso, that would sometimes accelerate slightly if in a high gear but at low revs but this seemed to go after a service.

[davidspluriel]

Welcome to the forum.

If your car is like our 1.4sx petrol, the car does not have an accelerator cable. The pedal is wired to the car so presumably its position is taken from a potentiometer at the end of the pedal - there could be some wear in this if the car has done a lot of miles. A new pedal is about £40 and held in place by 2 bolts. I replaced ours since the engine revs did not increase steadily over the initial part of the pedal position making it difficult to control when setting off.

When we got our diesel Picasso, that would sometimes accelerate slightly if in a high gear but at low revs but this seemed to go after a service.

 

 

Thanks for the reply. The car is the 1.6 and has only covered 10k miles. It is very strange as for no reason whatsoever the car just decided to jump forwards without any pressing of the Accelerator. Maybe the pedal got stuck? Not sure really. I am still confused as I simply cannot work out why this happened.

[danielsydney]

David, Not sure if this helps but there is ablack spot under the accelorator pedal and this must not be covered. I learnt this also. The official Citroen mats fit around it. That might have something to do with it. Keep us informed.