Engine dies when clutch let out???

**lucidor** · 03-25-2009 12:27 PM

No, im not stalling it. It starts fine but as soon as i start letting the clutch out the engine shuts off?? Any Ideas? I think it might be the clutch safety switch. Does that seem right?

**ILoveT** · 03-25-2009 12:35 PM

Has it been a while since you've driven the car? Did you drive through a river?

**lucidor** · 03-25-2009 12:48 PM

nope no rivers.

I drove about 5 miles then I was driving out of a stoplight and when I shifted into second the engine shut off and now it dies everytime I let the clutch out.

**bob12312357** · 03-25-2009 01:00 PM

Does it run rough at all? Very,very slightly rough barely noticable. Then one night thing just would stall when the clutch was let out. Any CEL's? I had a similiar problem, it was a coil pack.

**haus4** · 03-25-2009 01:00 PM

Can you start the car with the clutch pedal up? I would try the switch first and see from there.

**lucidor** · 03-25-2009 02:38 PM

LCD says press clutch pedal to start so no I can't start with pedal up

**Joesturbo** · 03-25-2009 04:56 PM

If you can start the car with the car in 1st gear (clutch pushed in) it is not the clutch - however if the car tries to move at all it has something to do with the clutch or the slave cylinder.

Seems like your symptoms of it "all of a sudden" sounds like the clutch or slave cylinder.

If you rev the engine and then slip the clutch does the car move at all or does it just die?

**lucidor** · 03-25-2009 05:12 PM

Originally Posted by Joesturbo

If you can start the car with the car in 1st gear (clutch pushed in) it is not the clutch - however if the car tries to move at all it has something to do with the clutch or the slave cylinder.

Seems like your symptoms of it "all of a sudden" sounds like the clutch or slave cylinder.

If you rev the engine and then slip the clutch does the car move at all or does it just die?

There is no violent shaking or anything like the engine is trying to stay alive. It just shuts off. If i rev the engine and let the clutch out the engine dies but the car does move. It now have trouble idleing. Im starting to think fuel pump??

**bonnie808** · 05-08-2010 08:48 PM

My car quits/stalls right when i let out the clutch. The rpm's just drop to zero and it tuns off. Definitely not like a normal stall.

Seems like it is a sensor telling the engine to turn off.

If anyone knows what the problem could be or has had this same problem any help would be greatly appreciated.

Mahalo in advance!

**ricekikr** · 05-09-2010 07:24 AM

also have the same problem. =(

http://www.audizine.com/forum/showth...clutch-let-out

**bw86** · 05-09-2010 10:08 AM

really bad vacuum leak? Try starting it with the maf unplugged?

**bonnie808** · 05-09-2010 07:01 PM

It only happens once in a while (but A LOT more often in the past week). My car idles fine and when it does let me let the clutch out without stalling it drives perfect!

Would a vacuum leak cause this problem sporadically? is there a sensor that could be causing this problem?

**zephyr125** · 05-09-2010 07:18 PM

Originally Posted by bob12312357

Does it run rough at all? Very,very slightly rough barely noticable. Then one night thing just would stall when the clutch was let out. Any CEL's? I had a similiar problem, it was a coil pack.

I had the exact same thing, it did this for about a week and then never did it again. About a month later it started misfiring, which was the coil pack. I never found out if the clutch thing was related to the coil pack or not but since its been replaced its never done it.