Originally posted by Ed98.5SVT:
There is an accelerator cable bushing recall for the 1998's that solved the exact problem you are describing for me. It got so bad for me that I could idle around in 5th gear at 50 MPH!!!!!! When I pushed my clutch in, the RPM's would climb to 4000 and not go down for about 15 seconds. Very dangerous!!!!!! The recall took care of it.



Thanks very much! I'll look into this!

Focus SE Sport Wagon (the wife's) Mazda3 (mine)