gas and brake dont work sometimes

callMeYourKiller · Jul 21st, 2005, 10:58 PM

its only happened 3 times and ive had my car about 4 months and it only does it when my car isnt moving so i dont know if i should be worried about it but sometimes when i stop my car the gas stops working and it doesnt do anything at all when i push it down and the brake is really hard to push down. then i have to put my car in park, turn it off and restart it.

my spedometer doesnt work sometimes too. it will just stop working while im driving and go to 0 but then starts working again a minute later.

i dont know what could be wrong

or if its worth paying to get fixed

Ninety-Nine SE-L · Jul 22nd, 2005, 05:45 PM

um, for your gas and brake to simultaneously stop working means the engine has stalled.

The gas is physically connected to the throttle body, for you to push the gas and nothing heppens means the engine is off (or the car is in neutral and you're jus revving the engine).

The brake booster also relys on the engine's vacuum tubes to provide power assist braking, if the engine stalls out or is off, you will lose power brakes and you will have to push the brake hard to get the car to stop.

It's not like the brake and gas petal have just stopped working, I mean they are directly and physically connected to the systems they operate. Are you sure the engine is still running b/c I think you're stalling out and you have to restart the car.

There is only one other explanation to the problerm you are experiencing and that is, the RPMs are so low (the engine is jus barely keeping itself from stalling) that it is not putting out enough power to operate the power brakes and this would cause the car to 'bog' when you push down the accelerator.

In either case, I would look into a tune up. New OEM plugs, wires, distributer cap, Fuel filter, air filter and check the, injectors, battery voltage, and O2 sensor.