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New poster hoping to find some insight. My wife has a 2006 VW New Beetle - TDI - 1.9L - 61K miles. The car has been driving like a champ and shifting fine. No prior clutch or tranny problems.
While driving home last night, she exited the highway, depressed the clutch pedal and shifted into neutral as she approached a stop sign. The next time she pressed the clutch it went straight to the floor with no resistance and would not disengage the clutch. Needless to say she couldn't get the car into gear and was stuck. After I towed the car home I checked for something obvious like broken linkage or leaking fluid from the master or slave cylinders. Everything looked dry and reservoir level was good. The clutch is not stuck to the floor. It returns to the upright position but goes right to the floor with no resistance - car running or not make no difference either.
I have read some of the threads about the DMF issues and I'm REALLY hoping not to have to do a clutch replacement on a car with 61K miles but I'm making the FINAL CAR PAYMENT next month so that would just be my luck! Is there any chance it could be the slave cylinder or something I'm not thinking of? I didn't see any leaks and the reservoir level look good but I will try to bleed the system anyway just in case.
Is there some way to test the slave cylinder? Is there any way to determine if the DMF has failed without actually pulling it out?
Any insight or advice would really be appreciated!
Thanks!
Broken Bug in Colorado
While driving home last night, she exited the highway, depressed the clutch pedal and shifted into neutral as she approached a stop sign. The next time she pressed the clutch it went straight to the floor with no resistance and would not disengage the clutch. Needless to say she couldn't get the car into gear and was stuck. After I towed the car home I checked for something obvious like broken linkage or leaking fluid from the master or slave cylinders. Everything looked dry and reservoir level was good. The clutch is not stuck to the floor. It returns to the upright position but goes right to the floor with no resistance - car running or not make no difference either.
I have read some of the threads about the DMF issues and I'm REALLY hoping not to have to do a clutch replacement on a car with 61K miles but I'm making the FINAL CAR PAYMENT next month so that would just be my luck! Is there any chance it could be the slave cylinder or something I'm not thinking of? I didn't see any leaks and the reservoir level look good but I will try to bleed the system anyway just in case.
Is there some way to test the slave cylinder? Is there any way to determine if the DMF has failed without actually pulling it out?
Any insight or advice would really be appreciated!
Thanks!
Broken Bug in Colorado