The clutch pedal on my 2000 Ford Focus ZTS broke. It seems the pedal itself is not connected to the clutch anymore. Only the pedal spring brings back up the pedal. I therefore cannot shift gears. The rest of the car runs like a charm, but without the clutch pedal, I can't move!

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The focus clutch system is hydraulic therefor, if no movement is possible at all it is most likely that there is something at the pedal causing this. Get down there with a good light and look if the pedal swivel pin did not come out or is partially out, a foreign object that got stuck in the top movement area of the pedal ect. If there is nothing found it can be the clutch master cylinder that need repair/ overhaul.

yes Gina- 5 speed probably means your car has a manual trans mission and a clutch-what are the symptoms it is exhibiting- Best Regards Denny

bleed out the clutch slave cylinder if hydraulic and replace if leaking. If cable operated replace the cable.

That car has a hydraulic actuated clutch so it could just be low on clutch fluid or one of the pipes going from the pedal to the clutch could be burst.

Check for stuck throttle plate. Check pcv hose that goes to the intake manifold. They get soft and leak, check while running.

The only adjustment is for the pedal itself. There is a master cylinder at the top of the pedal that makes the pressure which travels thru the metal line to a rubber hose to a metal line which goes to the slave cylinder which is what actually pushes the clutch rod in the transmission. Sounds to me like your problem is in the Master cylinder part. It is like the brake master cylinder, there is a rod with rubber cups on it, and it sounds like the edges of the cup folded over backwards and hung up inside the cylinder, when you forced the pedal back up they folded back the right way, and now they are **** up a little making them not want to push as easy. This problem will happen again, so You better start pricing a new clutch master cylinder. From what I saw while researching this It looks like you can buy the master and slave cylinder as a set. If any pieces of the master cylinder rubber cups came off during this they may work their way thru the system to the slave cylinder and cause problems there as well. The reason behind thinking its the master and not the slave is, if it were the slave that hung up the pedal would have come back up since it has a spring on it.

this is becoming common on the focus but will not effect the way the car performs in any way.
the spring goes from the clutch pedal to the pedal box

please let me know if this helps
cheers
big mike :)

This is often mistaken as an alternator or battery problem. If you also are having a problem with the engine idling a bit low (less than 600rpm) when stopped and in Drive without the a/c on, it is likely a throttle body sensor issue. Because the sensor is bad, the engine idles lower than it should and will cause the 'battery light' to come on and go off seemingly randomly.

Halfords have the book - easiest way, pop into a ford dealer and ask one of the mechanics to advise you as to where it goes, it should not cost you anything!