Drive By Wire throttle pedal

[Onrus]

Hey guys,

I need to replace my DBW throttle pedal, is this a quick job? I’ve had a look and it looks like it’s just 3 torx bolts and then unclip the wires and it’s off. Is it that easy?

 

[suj]

Yep 3 nuts and the plug, then swap over new one.

 

[Onrus]

Thanks Suj. I just wanted confirmation before starting the job and getting stuck half way through. How long do the pedals usually last?

 

[suj]

PS they're nuts not torx just so you know.

I didn't think the pedals really fail, it's normally the throttle body that fails.
What makes you think it's the pedal?

 

[Onrus]

Must you remove the bracket from the firewall or just the pedal from the mounting bracket?
I’ve got and injector fault come up and the Renault computer says dbw fault

 

[suj]

3 nuts and it slides to the right (towards drivers door).

It will most likely be the plug coming loose / bent contract pins or the throttle body.

So check them first before you spend money on a new throttle mate.

 

[Onrus]

Ok sweet. I’m getting a 2nd hand dbw pedal for $50 so if it’s not that will put into spares. Clio 3 parts are hard to come by in Aus.

 

[Onrus]

What would it feel like if the TB is not working properly? I’m get this weird back and forth feeling at 3000-3500rpm but only feel it some times. I feel it through the throttle pedal

 

[suj]

I've luckily not had it on the Clio, but on other cars it's either a really bad delay or say pressing 50% throttle and getting like only 10% throttle.

I posted in the How To Guides area how to clean the throttle body, it's really easy and would be the best first thing to try.

 

[Onrus]

Ok sweet. Thanks bru

 

[RSRowe]

Mine would go into a limp mode. Wouldn’t accelerate until I turned it on and off.
Also did some strange things when coming to a stop, where it would idle really high.

It’s been fine since I replaced the throttle body though.

 

[Onrus]

Thanks for that. Any other weird things happen? My car has been struggling to start for the last 10 days. When I start if I don’t push the throttle in the car will idle at 300rpm and be like it wants to die so I rev it up to 2k and then it settles at 1k and is fine, any thoughts?

 

[Onrus]

Also once warm it feels normal and strong, unless I get a error which I didn’t get today but I sent it a few times and all good

 

[RSRowe]

I certainly didn’t get anything like that.

I had no error codes until the car went into limp either. Maybe yours is indeed the pedal

 

[Onrus]

I hope it’s something simple.