Spend some time getting the jist of clutchless shifting and you might be able to continue using your vehicle if the clutch fails (depending on how it fails). Just expect to have to replace your starter if you need to use it to get going from a stop and expect to grind your gears at least a bit.
Yes, but when my old sunfire’s clutch went, it would still start when I pressed the clutch in, even though the pedal didn’t do anything. The master cylinder cracked, so it wouldn’t keep pressure to work against the springs pressing the clutch plates together.
The mechanism for that must have just been checking the position of the clutch pedal. If your car instead has a sensor right at the clutch plates, then it probably won’t work, though you’ll still be able to bump start it, as that bypasses the starter entirely. But you need either a hill (going down the same way you are) or people to give a push.
Spend some time getting the jist of clutchless shifting and you might be able to continue using your vehicle if the clutch fails (depending on how it fails). Just expect to have to replace your starter if you need to use it to get going from a stop and expect to grind your gears at least a bit.
I thought all modern cars disabled the starter unless the clutch is pressed.
How modern? I could roll start my 2012 WRX.
That’s not using the starter, just need to set the key to on.
Yes, but when my old sunfire’s clutch went, it would still start when I pressed the clutch in, even though the pedal didn’t do anything. The master cylinder cracked, so it wouldn’t keep pressure to work against the springs pressing the clutch plates together.
The mechanism for that must have just been checking the position of the clutch pedal. If your car instead has a sensor right at the clutch plates, then it probably won’t work, though you’ll still be able to bump start it, as that bypasses the starter entirely. But you need either a hill (going down the same way you are) or people to give a push.
There is an electrical switch that checks the clutch pedal position. Similar to the switch in the brake pedal that operates the brake lights.
Yeah, so the pedal itself still worked, just the hydrolics it was supposed to drive had a leak and stopped moving.