Stiff gas pedal?

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Dat_HEMI_Tho

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Ram Year
2003 1500 SLT 4x4
Engine
HEMI 5.7l
Alright, I bought myself a 2003 ram 1500 with a HEMI for about $3,000 with 215,000 and never rebuilt. First thing i noticed is the gas pedal is pretty hard to press in and wants to stick if i push it back far enough. Is this a problem with a cable somewhere? How could I fix this?
 

MyOhFive

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2014
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HEMI
They're a fly-by-wire set up, i.e.: no throttle cable.

With the truck shut off, crawl down onto your floor and press the pedal by hand, see if you can see/hear any binding.
 

Redtruck-VA

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Hemi-5.7, 5.9 12v & 24v diesel
The first year hemi 2003 has a cable that goes to the Accelerator Pedal Position Sensor (APPS) located under the battery. I'd remove the APPS unit and clean everything up and you should easily see what is binding/dragging. Welcome to the world of the 03's......
 
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