Notchy feeling throttle pedal

I have an '02 C2 Cab and the throttle pedal feels notchy. When you have the pedal at any position and then want to increase the throttle it feels like it is stuck for an instant, then when you stop the forward or rearward motion of the pedal and then want to increase the throttle position it once again feels like it is stuck for a better term. I have 32k miles on the car, but it is 7 years old. Could the throttle cable need replacing? This is a very agravating problem. I have searched, but I can't find anything that sounds like the problem I am having. Thanks for your help, Tony

I think there was something about this posted at RennTech a couple years back. In any case, I had the same problem ('02 C4S). Was an easy fix; unscrewed the pedal assembly from the cabin floor, sprayed it thorougly with WD40 or something equivalent (covered the carpet with old towels) and then put it all back. Very smooth, just like new. Give it a try, can't hurt and it's almost free.

I had the same problem. See the thread here for discussion of my problem. There isn't a solution in here, though. It took this thread , which discusses removing the accelerator pedal assembly and cleaning out the ball and socket joint. I agree it is totally annoying. It was driving me nuts. I was able to follow the instructions in this thread (think I might have found another thread describing it in more detail). Fixing it was a bit tricky, and you don't need to take the whole assembly apart like I did, but I was able to completely fix it. My accelerator is totally smooth now. You may want to do additional searches for "sticky accelerator" on the 996 forum to find additional information. Hope this helps - trust me, it's worth the hassle of getting this fixed.

You should see if it is really that bad, or that is just the way it is supposed to be. Let me explain: I read quite a while back, how BMW was researching on foot on pedal vibration causing fuel lower fuel economy; in other words, as you drive through the regular road bumps, if your accelerator is too smooth, you will keep on waisting gas by accelerating in small increments on and off. I am sure Porsche did the same study, and a little resistance on the pedal is actually a feature, not a problem. If it has way too much resistance, then it is a different story. John

Here you are guys: https://rennlist.com/forums/996-foru...oved-feel.html This made a world of difference on my car. The meat of the procedure starts on page 2.

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Throttle modulation on the track necessitates a 100% silky smooth pedal. End of story.

Thanks for the links. I just took mine apart and while it didn't appear to have any dirt or debris in there I lubed the "ball" joints and also the axle shaft for the bellcrank and put it back together and it is as it should be. Mine was a little different since it is a tiptronic. The kickdown switch is located where there is a round plug on manual transmission cars. There is a connector located at the top of the pedal assembly next to the screw you remove to remove the pedal from the bulkhead. It took a little time to figure this out! It was a little tricky to get it to stay in place while putting the two sides back together. This takes a little patience, but is not that difficult. Huge difference now with the smoothness of the pedal travel. Thanks for your help. Tony

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Great to hear you're all fixed up. It sounds like you did a similar procedure to mine. I took the two pieces apart and had a bit of trouble getting them back together.

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The end of the story is when you are curving at 240Km/hr and hit a bump, and you accelerate without meaning too and side wiping right against the wall. Smooth yes, but a balanced resistance is still necessary.