Speed Control Cable Problems of Nissan Sentra

Vehicle "jerks" when under load & throttle is applied. Replaced 4 ignition coils, & throttle position sensor. No change in vehicle's performance. Vehicle will also not accelerate over 3000 rpm's. Mechanic said I needed to contact Nissan regarding applicable safety recall that was likely the problem, which I did. Nissan said there was no safety recalls applicable to my vehicle. I told mechanic this, & he insist's that there most certainly is.

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Car has no acceleration. Will not rev over 900 rpm. While driving lost power but engine kept running fine. It acted like cable broke on the peddle. But to find out it is all electronic. Was able to get off road but was only able to go 10 mph in traffic.

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When applying gas to the vehicle accelerator pedal sticks. Dealer states that carbon built up on the throttle cable.

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Car continues to accelerate after foot is removed from the pedal. Occurred several times, but was easily managed by tapping the brake. Brought in for repair and carbon build-up was found on the throttle and cleaned up. Most recent occurrence was more dramatic. I was accelerating quickly (4000+ rpm) from a stop at a red light. Car continued to accelerate at 4000+ rpm. Braking hard did not stop the car, nor did it stop the continued acceleration. Had to put car in neutral and pull over. Engine continued to race at 4000+ rpm, until ignition was turned off. Brought to Nissan service. They checked throttle plate and cable but found no problem, and condition could not be duplicated. Problem has not occurred in the week since, but it has always been intermittent and unpredictable. Should the original problem have been fixed with out charge? what can I do if it happens again? this is a serious safety issue to me, and could have ended badly if one of my kids had been driving instead of me.

The two nuts holding the throttle control cable (gas pedal linkage) became loose, causing the bolt on the cable to slide out of its slot (not hole) and the throttle would stick. I was able to repeat this on 3 occasions, but on the third managed to get to my house, pop the hood, and see the cable in the not-so-right position. Locking washers would fix this and eliminate any possible injury to persons that may have auto transmissions (I had a stick, so I just pushed in the clutch when I realized what happened).

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Throttle cable broke. Dealer was unable to determine why.