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#2 of 2 Sunfire problem by carpenter59 Oct 22, 2009 (5:47 pm)
I have a 1997 Sunfire with the 2.4L engine and a manual transmission. It currently has 194k miles and has been a great little car. Recently I had a strange thing occur. I had just arrived home from work and stopped the car at the mailbox. I didn't turn off the engine, I just put it in neutral. When I took my foot off the clutch, the engine revved up to 4500 rpms and I was unable to get it to come down. I checked to make sure there was nothing holding the pedal down and tapped the pedal a few times to no avail. I drove the car uphill about 1/4 mile to the front of our house and the car drove fine, until i stopped the car again and the same thing happened. When I was driving from the mailbox to the house, it behaved completely normal. I checked that the cruise control wasn't stuck, by turning it completely off, and the problem persists. Any ideas? Anyone ever have this happen to them? Any help/ideas/advice are greatly appreciated.

#2 of 2: Sunfire problem by carpenter59; Oct 22, 2009 (5:47 pm)

I have a 1997 Sunfire with the 2.4L engine and a manual transmission. It currently has 194k miles and has been a great little car. Recently I had a strange thing occur. I had just arrived home from work and stopped the car at the mailbox. I didn't turn off the engine, I just put it in neutral. When I took my foot off the clutch, the engine revved up to 4500 rpms and I was unable to get it to come down. I checked to make sure there was nothing holding the pedal down and tapped the pedal a few times to no avail. I drove the car uphill about 1/4 mile to the front of our house and the car drove fine, until i stopped the car again and the same thing happened. When I was driving from the mailbox to the house, it behaved completely normal. I checked that the cruise control wasn't stuck, by turning it completely off, and the problem persists. Any ideas? Anyone ever have this happen to them? Any help/ideas/advice are greatly appreciated.