Gem car 7.0 dash issues

[MikeKC]

Just a guess, but I have money on the throttle pedal. Description sounds like possible resistor pads in the pedal have cracked.

You can test - starting in this thread around post 17 @AssyRequired did a nice job of describing the throttle test.

2008 GEM troubleshooting

While I now have a 2008 my experience is with a 2002 but I think the operation is similar even thought the mechanics of the physical throttle pedal is different. In the throttle pedal there’s a switch which opens(or closes?) when you first move the pedal so there will be 2 wires to measure at the 23pin connector. @AssyRequired probably knows these pins. That switch is to let the controller know there’s throttle movement. Next, there is a variable resistor in the throttle switch with a voltage o…