# 2004 Ford Fiesta won’t start unless I press on the gas

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-ford-fiesta-won-t-start-unless-i-press-on-the-gas/157249>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** fiesta, ford\
**Created:** [January 25, 2020, 5:42am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-ford-fiesta-won-t-start-unless-i-press-on-the-gas/157249 "2020-01-25T05:42:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![HlengiweMntambo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f17d59/32.png) [@HlengiweMntambo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/HlengiweMntambo)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 5:42am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-ford-fiesta-won-t-start-unless-i-press-on-the-gas/157249/1 "2020-01-25T05:42:41Z")

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My car not stating without me pressing gas, its doing it every morning

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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 9:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-ford-fiesta-won-t-start-unless-i-press-on-the-gas/157249/2 "2020-01-25T21:30:31Z")

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The Idle Air Control valve may be dirty/malfunctioning.

![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/7/e/7eb712d863b019d880e55a1cf57bf9172ae4cf4f.jpeg)

If the IAC valve isn’t allowing air into the engine as you attempt to start it, the engine won’t start.

Then when you apply the gas pedal, this opens the throttle plate on the throttle body, and allows air into the engine and the engine starts.

Tester

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**Author:** ![oldtimer-11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e79b87/32.png) [@oldtimer-11](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldtimer-11)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2020, 3:54am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-ford-fiesta-won-t-start-unless-i-press-on-the-gas/157249/3 "2020-01-26T03:54:22Z")

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This is a 16 year old econocar, why spend money on getting it fixed? Just step on the gas.

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**Author:** ![HlengiweMntambo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f17d59/32.png) [@HlengiweMntambo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/HlengiweMntambo)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 7:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-ford-fiesta-won-t-start-unless-i-press-on-the-gas/157249/4 "2020-01-27T07:23:55Z")

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Unbelievable my problem was a positive batt terminal, car sorted