Shop4Parts - UK's largest online superstore for FIAT and Alfa Romeo parts

Technical Help! My clutch pedal is sticking to the floor!

Currently reading:
Technical Help! My clutch pedal is sticking to the floor!

M

matthew463

New member
Joined
Apr 2, 2008
Messages
2
Points
2
My clutch pedal appears to be sticking to the floor.

This esspecially seems to happen in low gears, or from going a high to low gear!

It's pretty scary, It takes a couple attempts of banging my foot on it for it to come back up.

Does anyone know what the problem is, and a rough estimate of how much it could cost to fix!?
 
Clutch pedal sticking in the down position? May be the clutch master cylinder you can bleeded the system check you have good clean fluid up to the level in the master cylinder.
 
...or, less expensive... Do you have mats in the footwell? I have had this happen to me a couple of times and its simply been that the end of the pedal has slipped under the (official Fiat, no less) floor mat and been held down. I can release the pedal by dragging the mat back with my heel. The mat should have come with a little clip to secure it in place but didn't. Moving the mat is cheaper than the master cylinder :)

Pete
 
Last edited:
Herts Hillhopper said:
...or, less expensive... Do you have mats in the footwell? I have had this happen to me a couple of times and its simply been that the end of the pedal has slipped under the (official Fiat, no less) floor mat and been held down. I can release the pedal by dragging the mat back with my heel. The mat should have come with a little clip to secure it in place but didn't. Moving the mat is cheaper than the master cylinder :)

Pete
Click to expand...

:yeahthat: The wife's Eleganza does it now and again (official mats too!)

trackdayqueen said:
The mat though has a hole in it that clips in, so it never moves around.
Click to expand...

That's if you cut the hole in the carpet for the fixing screw thing....We didn't want a hole in the carpet so didn't bother....
 
I have had same problem when i first got my Sporting fiat had it to check could not find anything they said it might be the carpet overmats ? told them do I look stupid:rolleyes: guess what next time it happened i pulled car over and the bl++dy mat was stuck under cluth pedal we live and learn.
 
ThisBitterPill said:
That's if you cut the hole in the carpet for the fixing screw thing....We didn't want a hole in the carpet so didn't bother....
Click to expand...

The dealer fitted my mats so had no idea they made a hole in the carpet in order to fit the securing thing. Is just on the driver's side though.

Can't say i'm worried about that as such, though it seems to work as the mat never moves.
 
I was going to say mats too. I didn't want to cut a hole in the carpet, so I need to re-position it every now and then to stop the clutch pedal catching.
 
Wife gets in the Panda this morning, comes running in the house telling me the clutch is stuck on the floor. I went out and guess what?

Yes the mats .
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

N
Technical 1.4l 100hp Clutch pedal bushes
Replies
1
Views
146
koalar
koalar
M
Technical Help. Multijet, Cam chain cover oil leak. Is it easy to remove the cover?
Replies
2
Views
196
koalar
koalar
C
  • Question
Technical 2009 Panda 100HP, squeaking clutch pedal
Replies
19
Views
1K
The Panda Nut
The Panda Nut
I
Technical Panda 4x4 climbing clutch sticking
Replies
9
Views
930
FilipW
F
J
Technical Clutch pedal not working after clutch replacement.
4 5 6
Replies
101
Views
4K
DaveMcT
D
Back
Top