A Couple Of Niggles With My Zetec

[probadumbass]

Hi

I've recently bought a 2000 (X reg) Fiesta Zetec butt just have a couple of niggles with it that I'm hoping arent too difficult to sort..

1) Central locking - I cant unlock the car from my driver side, I can lock it from that side and the passenger side is fine but I just cant unlock from the driver side.

2) Accelerator feels a little "sticky" to me if that makes sense? I dont feel like its a smooth, continuous motion as I accelerate. Its more like it moves in little increments. e.g. a little pressure does nothing, then i can feel it just 'jump' down slightly rather then being a smooth movement.

I'm not sure if im explaining that very well, its probably worth noting that this is my first car too so I'm a complete newbie, hoping to learn some stuff as I go along though so any help really will be hugely appreciated.

Thanks.

[Stoney871]

Hi,

I'd check the door solenoid (locking motor) as they are prone to water getting onto the switches via the door sill seals which perish.

The accelerator pedal problem could be a notchy Throttle Position Sensor.

It's at the top of the pedal and is pretty cheap to replace.