Originally Posted by tulip43
Hi All, phoned the Janome dealer where I bought machine and he informed me that the pedal is not replaced as it only has 1 yr. warrenty. He has offered to clean it at no charge but a new one would cost me $50to $80. I have to drive 1 hr for this service.
I searched again in the yahoo group for janome 6500/6600 and you might want to do the same. Search under foot pedal and then also possibly under controller.
You might be able to clean it out yourself. Someone said it's more likely lint would get in there if you are sewing on a carpet. Other people took more radical measures (like resoldering in the pedal, trying to avoid replacing the pedal altogether) and MANY are quite unhappy about this common problem. I wonder if you'd have better luck if you contacted Janome directly.
Another suggestion: unplug the foot pedal from the machine (so it resets). Two people actually found that kicking the pedal (hard) helped LOL.
Good luck!