Technical Starting up / clutch issue

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Technical Starting up / clutch issue

Thel

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Hey folks. New member here.

My partner recently bought a 500x 1.6 diesel 2016 plate. We had the whole "start stop not working" issue, and like most advice said; it cleared up on its own after about an hour.

But

I've noticed I can now start the car without putting the clutch in? Admittedly I did do it when the car was still warm. I don't know if this would affect it but it seems odd, as before when we first got the car it wouldn't let me start without putting the clutch fully home.

Any help/advice/previous experience would be greatly appreciated
 
Do you have keyless and push button start?

Could be the second clutch pedal switch. 500X has two. One at top of travel and one at/near bottom of travel.

On the 500X petrol version (I don't have diesel) the second switch basically does the following:

1) Tell the car that the clutch pedal is fully depressed (or just about fully depressed)

2) Tell the engine ECU when 1st gear is selected, to lift the revs from idle to just above 1000rpm (anti-stall)

If the diesel model used to do 2) and it is not doing it now then it is possibly the second clutch pedal switch which has failed or has become misaligned
 
It's the diesel, no keyless and no push start.

I tried it this morning and it asked for the clutch to be depressed before starting, and wouldn't start otherwise. I drove around for a bit, stopped the car. Shut the engine down and then restarted the car and it didn't ask for the clutch.

I'm so confused lol
 
I'm afraid I don't know the answer to your question, but prior to cars doing your thinking for you, I was always taught to start a cold engine with the clutch disengaged as it reduces the load on the engine when the friction is at its highest. Once everything is warm and the oil has circulated the load is much reduced and depressing the clutch is a less critical issue. I can't test mine as I have keyless ignition and have to depress the clutch to activate the starter, but perhaps yours recognises the additional load on a cold engine, so only requires the clutch to be diengaged with a cold engine.
 
I'm afraid I don't know the answer to your question, but prior to cars doing your thinking for you, I was always taught to start a cold engine with the clutch disengaged as it reduces the load on the engine when the friction is at its highest. Once everything is warm and the oil has circulated the load is much reduced and depressing the clutch is a less critical issue. I can't test mine as I have keyless ignition and have to depress the clutch to activate the starter, but perhaps yours recognises the additional load on a cold engine, so only requires the clutch to be diengaged with a cold engine.

Yeah maybe that's what's going on. I'm a serial worrier, eternal pessimistic, always looking for worst case scenario when that might not be the case. :)
 
It's the diesel, no keyless and no push start.

I tried it this morning and it asked for the clutch to be depressed before starting, and wouldn't start otherwise. I drove around for a bit, stopped the car. Shut the engine down and then restarted the car and it didn't ask for the clutch.

I'm so confused lol

Well that sort of rules out what I was saying.

Another possibility (besides the suggested cold temperature scenario) is that you have an suspect gear lever selection switch (assuming it is not an automatic?) telling the body computer a gear is selected when it is not.

As test for this would be to do a gear selection cycle and back to neutral and try again.

Hopefully someone here will have a diesel manual 500X and can do a start in neutral and a start in gear to see how/what happens.
 
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