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Old 03-21-2016, 09:43 PM
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Default Car won't start....stranded....Help appreciated.

Long story short- stuck at a restaurant an hour away from home. Car will not start- dash says press clutch pedal. Clutch is fully depressed. I'm guessing a bad clutch interlock switch? Car has 300 miles and will have to be towed to the dealer.

Any ideas how to fix this without having to tow? I can't find any switch under the pedal lever. Not sure if changed the design.

Edit- sorry meant this for the GT4 forum, but the issue should be the same.
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If I recall, the switch is up high, near the fulcrum of the clutch lever. There's probably a way to hot-wire it... or maybe push it a few times in case it loosens up.
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If I recall, the switch is up high, near the fulcrum of the clutch lever. There's probably a way to hot-wire it... or maybe push it a few times in case it loosens up.
Sucks, man... good luck.
Old 03-22-2016, 01:18 AM
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I want to say that if the clutch switch fails, it has a fail-safe such that if you keep holding down the clutch pedal and if you keep cranking, eventually the car will turn over (as if the switch is by-passed) and starts.
(At least it behaved this way when the clutch switch failed on my Spyder. There was a campaign on fixing the switch.)



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