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Your e46 318i parked for 5 weeks would not start charged battery and it started fine but the accelerator pedal will not rev the engine?
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∙ 14y ago
Check the throttle cable, it may have come undone or snapped. Check by the gas pedal to make sure it is connected from the inside. Check by the throttle body to make sure it is connected. If you have an electric throttle body make sure in both locations there is contact between the two harnesses.
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