Are you sure their diagnosis is correct? If they're handing out prices like
that, I wouldn't believe anything that came out of their mouths until
verified. I had the same thing happen at a not-too-busy intersection
(thankfully) a few months ago. The pedal had come unseated from the floor.
Fixed it on the spot. Later, I was under the car repacking CV joints and
noticed that in the front-to-rear length of the cable, near a crossmember
in the back, one piece of plastic housing had become loose where it was
supposed to fit into another. Put them back together like a tinkertoy and
have not had any problem.

You need a second opinion if you can get one. Tell them to make sure to
save you the old part, and hope they don't have a vanagon with a broken
accelerator cable on the lot.

Jim

On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 9:52 AM, Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@q.com> wrote:

> Izzat an autotranny?  More expensive cable and more difficult replacement,
> IIRC.  But still!
>
> Is it too late to move it to another shop?
>
> Karl Wolz
>
>
>
> |-----Original Message-----
> |From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]
> |On Behalf Of David M
> |Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2012 7:41 PM
> |To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> |Subject: Gas pedal woes
> |
> |Gas pedal was acting funny for a few days. Take off from rest
> |real slow. Should have looked at it, but didn't. Today
> |entering a freeway the pedal went to the floor and I barely
> |moved, van just idled. Managed to pull over to the left in the
> |triangular area between the freeway and the on-ramp. Waited an
> |hour for AAA. Fortunately my a/c saved me in the 100 degree AZ
> |heat. Got towed to a close by but non-VW shop. They say it's a
> |broken cable and will be $250 and 2 days to fix. Expensive
> |cable. Think its time to get my belts replaced. I'm on a run
> |of bad luck.
> |
> |-David (1987 Wolfsburg)
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