Stuck Clutch
 

What a day...I was driving and shifting fine until I felt the clutch not springing up normally as it does. After about three more shifts from a light, my clutch just sunk and it didn't want to come up. I had to pull it back up with my toes. It felt like an on/off switch because there was no spring to it anymore.

What's worse is, when it's down it's fully engaged so I couldn't drive and shift anymore. I had to push my car to a side street and call AAA. Towed it to the dealership but the service department was closed for the night. I used a drop box and now have to wait until the morning to hear what they have to say.

Does anybody here have a clue as to what's wrong? I've never experienced this in any of the manual cars that I've driven before. My car only has 15,800 miles on it.

On a lighter note I did see a Red 370Z drive by as I was waiting at the red light in the tow truck. I was at the corner of Tustin Ranch Rd and El Camino Real waiting to turn into the auto center.

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damn sorry to hear,
only time i had my clutch stuck on the ground was at a light with tires smoking....obviously when i didnt know how to launch my Z.. ha.ha..

clutch fluid leak?

Just got a call from the dealership. The Slave Clutch Cylinder gave out. It's still under warranty so they'll take care of it for me. I should have my car sometime this Friday. I think I'm the first 370 that this has happened to.

Damn bro that sucks! Im sorry to hear! Im glad everything is ok tho!

that happened with our megane master but that thing had over 100.000 miles before it gave out. with me at the wheel....at high traffic...in belgium's most dangerous city.

it sucked.

Did they say what caused the failure?

damn bro... sorry to hear that. hope everything is alright :P

Sorry to hear that, but glad to hear she's getting fixed..

yah, it was a mouse.

Lucky it wasn't an elephant!

yah, the dealer told him it was his slave cylinder that failed. sounds like an isolated case though.

I asked but they don't know why. It's just one of those things I guess. I'm just glad everything is back to normal. I missed my car for those one and a half days.

Random failures happen - when you said it was still engaged even when depressed, it was obvious there was a lack of any fluidic pressure. Probably something as simple as a bad seal in the slave.

Yah, I wouldn't worry about it. These things happen when you let the lowest bidder supply parts.