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When i press my accelerator down its really stiff... does anyone know what could be causing it and how to fix it?
Cheers.

hi m8. av you gone round with sum wd40 ? if you have could be you throttle control sensor ? bt i maybe wrong just that im sure i read on another post about the same problem. however i would wait and see if anybody has any other suggestions.

yeah i would jus put some grease on the lever, could jus be rubbing so the grease will make it go down alot more smoothly i had th problem with my clutch, lil bit of grease or wd40 works good as new, hope this helps

Ok cheers m8.

Nah it didnt need the pedal greasing... did it anyway, still stiff. Any other ideas any1?
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I know my car had a really stiff throttle when i got it a couple of months back. The lady i bought it from had only used it a couple of times a week for short runs and so it hadn't had much use. After a few long runs though and a few hundred miles it has loosened up quite a bit but its still much stiffer than my dads 05 plate punto. I think it might just be a bit of design fault in the car. An option you could try though is replacing the throttle cable but running it for a while first might be a better and cheaper alternative.

i have driven a few corsa's (bs) and have notised they are all pretty stiff
especialy the 1.0 liter ones, u sure its not just like that?

ill try tht m8.

My corsa has a good throttle tension .... just get someone to sit in your car and push the throttle down (engine off btw lol) ..while you open the bonnet and check the cable is not catching or nefing.....check the throttle arm is ok ...Then check the springs on your throttle body ....one of these could be duff !!????...check the cable all the way from the footwell to the butterfly valve in the throttle body !!! (if you dont know what im talking about then invest in a haynes manual) lol .. good luck

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I have had my Corsa 1.6 Sport for a few years now and its always been much stiffer than any other car I have driven. Apart from a 1.4 Sport which was the same, so I think they must be like that.

Mine was quite stiff when I got it but has loosened up a bit now. As mentioned before, it's way tighter than my other car though.