Clutch pedal high but works OK - Freelander 1

About 6 months ago whilst changing gear the clutch pedal sprung up and hit the dash. I depressed the clutch again and it was fine and has been ever since, a total one off - or so I thought.

Today it's done it again and it's permanent. I can drive the car OK, either clutching from dash height or riding the pedal (not the actual clutch), if anything the bite feels a little lower than normal. There was a similar thread on here dated 2008 which was discussing the problem but didn't shed a definitive solution.

I had to have a new slave/master cylinder 3 years ago but that was due to no clutch rather than this problem.

Is it likely new hydraulics will sort this problem and in the meantime is it OK to keep driving or do I risk losing my clutch all together again? I'm sure I can bodge something up to hold the pedal down whilst I wait for the part to arrive.

Island 4x4 are only charging £37.49 (£15 less than 3 years ago) or £41.66 inc the slave bracket, a few required service parts on top and I get free delivery.

Thanks in advance.

Silly thought in my head, that i dont know if its true or not.


But isnt the tension on the pedal held only by a couple of springs to give balance and tension. Check the spring hasnt flung off, its sounds reasonable in my head.

ps . Theory is good in Theory.

A couple of heavy duty cable ties have remedied it. Looped under the pedal back plate and around the pedal, just stops it flying up.

Thanks for these useful posts. This happened to our Freelander just recently, traced problem to broken clutch switch assembly. If that comes loose then there's nothing to arrest the clutch pedal til it virtually hits the dash. Couldn't fix the switch so it's now discarded and the pedal travel is limited by a cable tie fixed around the lever and held by a little bracket that I made up and fixed to one of the bolts on the brake assembly. Never used hill descent anyway!

I believe that clutch switch part number is: XKB000022

As well as cruise control it also does this apparently:
Active Surge Damping
Active surge damping is implemented to prevent the engine surging when the EAT ECU changes gear, or the clutch
switch indicates that the clutch pedal is depressed. The ECM will reduce fuelling to lower the engine torque output,
thereby preventing engine surge.

Cheers

georgeandthedragon said:

I believe that clutch switch part number is: XKB000022

As well as cruise control it also does this apparently:
Active Surge Damping
Active surge damping is implemented to prevent the engine surging when the EAT ECU changes gear, or the clutch
switch indicates that the clutch pedal is depressed. The ECM will reduce fuelling to lower the engine torque output,
thereby preventing engine surge.

Cheers

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Only the auto has an EAT ecu!! The auto doesn't have a clutch peddle

Nodge68 said:

Only the auto has an EAT ecu!! The auto doesn't have a clutch peddle

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The ecm reduces fueling when the EAT ecu changes gear, OR the clutch is pressed to change gear with the manaul box

when mine did this it was a broken circlip in the master cylinder allowing the clutch pedal to sit higher.