Thats VERY interesting.
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I've just driven back from Durham to Sussex: a 330 mile trip, virtuall ALL motorway.
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.in fact, I kid you not, with the V6 I can drive virtually all the way in 5th gear.
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However, when I got near the M23 today, I had that exact problem: having not used the clutch for around 2 hours, when I went to change down for a queue, the pedal went down 50% with no resistance, and I was barely able to select gear.
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It was working, but only in the bottom 50% of its travel.
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It did go in, but despite pumping the pedal a fair bit, it got worse, and finally just as I was going down the slip road onto the M23, it failed altogether.
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I was able to park up on the hard shoulder without any dramas, and as I was fumbling for my RAC card, I happened to press ther clutch pedal, and hey-presto: resistance.
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I started the engine again, selected a few gears: all seemed well, so I set off on the final leg of the trip.
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It did sort of do it again nearer home, but this time it was only about 10 mins in 5th, and it DID go into gear.
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So,,its a known problem, then.
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