Anonymous Posted on Apr 24, 2014

Why is my clutch pedal stuck down?

Car was sittiing for 5mths over winter. recharged battery and engine starts, managed to reverse, but then clutch pedal stuck down. unable to engage gears. 2003 alfa romeo jts sportwagon.

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Posted on Jul 26, 2008

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There should be a button somewhere around the gear shift. The button is there so that you can shift out of park when the engine is not running and it wont be obvious that this is what it is for. You will probably have to press it with a screwdriver. When it is fully depressed the gear shift should move.

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hmmm ,got me thinking this one?? and only think i can think of is the micro switches on the gearstick ,on the on the citreon convertaseaur they were at the bottom of the gear stick under the rubber boot

Anonymous

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Posted on Oct 02, 2009

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is the clutch hyraulic? if so, ck fluid level. if its out of fluid you will need to replace the master and slave clutch cylinders.

Marvin

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Posted on Oct 06, 2009

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this problem is caused when the clutch disk is worn out, it takes much more force to depress the clutch with a worn out disk, and yes a defective cable can cause this but that is less common.

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