Clutch pedal sticking vw golf

This is well known and there are possible causes (and only one easy fix!). Your pedal stayed down because the pressure plate could not engage. I was driving my VW Golf 1. TDI in traffic and suddenly the clutch just seemed to sort of snap.

The pedal got stuck to the floor and I had to pull over with drive engaged and stuck in second gear. I tried to pull the pedal back up and it does flick up to the normal position, but as soon as I press the clutch again it springs back down to the floor. Can you drive a car with a clutch pedal on the floor? Why do clutch pedals stay on the floor?

How do you fix a clutch master cylinder? The first time I encountered it was back in with a brand new Mk III VRGTI.

After repeated clutch bleeding by the dealership, I finally resigned myself to just reaching down and re-setting the pedal when needed. R Vehicle Owners Club. My clutch pedal has been sticking after been pressed in and not fully returning. Warning: Do not attempt to start the engine and drive the vehicle with the clutch pedal stuck all the way to the floor.

You could damage the clutch, the clutch fork, or the transmission. The clutch itself (Bite etc) seems fine, if you know what I mean. Volkswagen Golf clutch problem I have an ongoing problem with the clutch on my Golf. It is okay at start-up but after driving for about miles there is no pressure at all and pedal sticks to floor.

It will not pump back up, and I have real problems with changing gear. Clutch Pedal Stuck Down Then All Ok? After an hours drive on motorway, approaching roundabout, dipped clutch and it just seemed to give in all of a sudden and go right to floor, where the pedal staye buried in the carpet! Coasted to a layby and checked.

When in "sticky mode" and in a gear the biting point is really low and if in neutral I cannot shift it into gear. To be honest I found access hard but managed to get the job done.

Compressing the clutch pedal return s. Part of 4: Diagnosing a clutch pedal on the floor due to failed release bearing. When revving the engine up to red and changing up (at full chat, basically) the clutch will return and stick, momentarily, and cause the clutch to "ride" for half a second or so, before I can change up again. Sticking clutch pedal Hi. But I tend to agree, it will get in the way of my enjoyment as itll always be looming in my head!

Ill most likely stay as I am, right up until the point I. Reply Reply Author. A clutch pedal is made for the driver to release the clutch and engage the clutch.

With no incident i can think of out of nowhere my clutch pedal was lower then normal and was loose meaning I could raise It with my foot and then it would drop back down. So I checked the pedals peak force, 33lbs compared to a GTI which had lbs and Athat had lbs.

So yeah the clutch pedal is either fully pressed down or all the way up. Does anyone know the cause of my clutch pedal suddenly staying down in an almost engaged position?

It first occurred after doing a mile stretch of motorway. I then tried to dip the clutch pedal but it was resting in a position unusually low down to the floor.

Hazard lights on I tried all I could think of to get the clutch to re-engage: pumping the pedal, stopping and starting the engine. Eventually I discovered that I could just lift the pedal with the tip of my shoe and the clutch would engage again.

I continued like this with the clutch becoming more and more problematic. VW say its my clutch master cylinder thats faulty.

As thats being replaced, I thought I may aswell change the slave cylinder too,too eliminate all the.