My gas petal suddenly stopped working

Asked by VictoriaMoody Jul 17, 2015 at 01:38 AM about the 2012 Jeep Liberty

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Today I was traveling up hill when my
gas petal suddenly stopped pressing
as if I had ran out of gas ( my tank
being half full). My car then begin to
roll backwards down the hill until
stopping at the bottom. I
immediately turned my caution lights
on, and then turned my car off. Being
in an unsafe place in the intersection
I try to re-crank my car to put it into
neutral, when I did this my engine
begin to run perfectly and I'll begin to
be able to drive again. About two
hours later the same thing happened
in a fast food drive-through. My car
also has been experiencing a delay
in gear shifts, a delay in windows
rolling down, and also dashboard
lights not working.Please respond
quickly if you know what is going on,
thank you.

2 Answers

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Is the pedal attached properly? Also, what type of car, year and make?

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Have your charging system checked, especially your battery, a cell could be broken inside your battery and if it touches the next one it will cause a direct short or if it is not touching the bottom it will only have 10 volts, easiest thing to do is borrow a battery like yours and drive it and see if problem solved, then buy a new one if that is the problem. It happened to me and the car would die every time I made a left turn, had battery checked and it showed ok until they leaned it over.

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