2004 MAZDA MPV Fuelpropulsion System Problems

ACCELERATOR (GAS PEDAL) STOCK OPEN WHEN PEDAL PRESSED FOR ACCELERATION ONTO INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. VEHICLE ACCELERATED TO VERY HIGH SPEED. PRESSING BRAKE SLOWED VEHICLE TO 55 MPH. SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL, HEARD A LOW POP AND ACCELERATOR MECHANISM DISENGAGED.

I WAS ON I-75 WHEN I ACCELERATED HARD WHILE TRYING TO MERGE INTO A GAP IN HEAVY, MERGING TRAFFIC. WHEN I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR MY VAN CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE AS THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO REV AT A HIGH RPM. I STABBED AT THE ACCELERATOR WITH MY FOOT TO SEE IF I COULD UNSTICK IT, BUT IT ONLY CAUSED THE ENGINE TO REV EVEN HIGHER - TO FULL-THROTTLE. I JABBED AT IT MULTIPLE TIMES TO NO AVAIL. I TRIED TO LIFT THE GAS PEDAL WITH MY FOOT BY JAMMING IT UNDERNEATH THE PEDAL AND PULLING IT UP, BUT IT FLOATED FREELY AND CONTINUED TO FALL BACK TO ITS FULL-THROTTLE POSITION. ALTHOUGH I WAS CONFIDENT THAT THE FLOOR MAT WAS NOT THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM I PULLED IT AWAY FROM THE PEDALS AND, AS EXPECTED, THERE WAS NO EFFECT. I WAS ABLE TO KEEP CONTROL OF MY VAN...