2017 GK MT

I have had no problems with this car, except that I go through batteries every four years.

I swapped out the dead battery on Sunday. The car started fine, and I took it for a ride. I then went out again to do chores yesterday.

Today I swapped out the engine air filter and the cabin air filter.

When I started the car, it went straight to revving at 5,000 rpm and stuttering between 4.500 and 5,000 rpm. And that's where things stayed.

I reversed all the steps I had done over the past few days: disconnecting reconnecting the battery and inserting/reinserting new and old filters.

The problem persisted.

The usual lights came on during ignition and then shut off after a few seconds, as though the car was running fine. I could not pull any OBD codes either.

Any ideas? TIA.

 

Dumb question, but did you make sure your floor mat isn't holding the gas pedal down?

 

Holy S--t!

I had also taken the liner (Husky) out for a cleaning. It indeed was holding down the pedal because I did not reinstall it properly.

 

It happens.

I once started my Fit while wearing my big/clunky steel-toed work boots. The foot I thought was on the brake was also pushing the gas pedal down. My coworkers standing around the car got quite a surprise when she went from 0 rpm to redline in an instant. It was pretty embarrassing, and they were definitely calling me Dom Torretto for a few weeks.

 

Drew right now:

*Swishhh*

 

When faced with any mechanical problem, I first ask myself what would Carl from Sling Blade do?

 

Drew21 won the internet yesterday.

 

reading the first post....i was going to ask about the floor mat too