Clutch Pedal Click - Revisited!

[ellis]

Si

I'm glad you've bought this topic up again as after reading about Google09's problems I was concerned about it before I ordered my M2 just after xmas. I bit the bullet and got one, but I've only had mine a week so too early for me to reply with info (don't want to tempt fate!!). So keeping my fingers crossed that mine does not develop the fault. Is it worth asking members to provide an idea of mileage when the clutch problem started? Only a thought in case it is dependent on use...

I'll keep an eye on this thread with interest.

[Si]

Thanks for the reply ellis, I've only just noticed it.

From what I am thinking I expect your car will be ok, it seems to be the earlier ones.

In my case the car has had a new slave cylinder, a new pedal box, a new master cylinder and pipe and seal into the master cylinder.  The net result is that that clutch pedal still clicks!  The click was first reported at 5000 miles and did disappear when the pedal box was changed, but it came back within 1000 miles.  The car has just passed 12000 miles and is coming up for the second service.

Sadly this all means that I have advanced thoughts on changing the car, and I see no reason why I should give more money to Mazda.  It may be a fairly small issue (though the click has been quite loud at time, and notch feeling through my foot is worrying) but Mazda's total inability to fix it gives me little faith in them in the future  

[DAZMAZ]

Hi I am new to this forum but thought I would let you Know that my 09 2 sport has just developed this annoying click in the last 2 weeks but seems to dissapear after approx 4-5 miles of driving from cold .The car has done nearly 9000 miles so I contacted my local dealer about this today and they say that they have never heard of this problem.

[Si]

Hi Dazmaz, welcome to the forums.

Sorry to hear that your car seems to be getting the click.  As your dealer has not heard of the problem they may investigate it differently and actually find something.

[DAZMAZ]

lets hope so
I will update once I get the car booked in and looked at.

[MazdaVirgin]

I took my Mazda 2 tamura (09/09 reg) in for the clicking and they have sorted it.

However the day after I started my car up after work and clutch pedal was stuck in. I pulled it up and drove home fine, but booked it in to to looked at the next week. It was absolutely fine in the week in between. I took it in, they said it was ok but they have bled the system and I drove home fine. Got into it the next day and the clutch was completely floppy and I couldn't drive it.

Got the RAC out who told me that he thought it was going to be the 'regular' problem i.e. the clicking,  but my dealer has done a really brilliant job to solve it and it is fine (he explained exactly what they have done to solve if anyone wants to know). He pumped my clutch and it is now fine but said that the only thing it can be is a dodgy master cylinder as everything else is fine.

Its going in for its first service on Monday and the dealer are going to have a look at the clutch but have said unless the fault is there when they have the car, they can't replace the master cylinder. Will see if the problem happens again I guess.

Apart from that, I love this car. Absolutely brilliant drive.

[Si]

Mine had the slave cylinder replaced in the first attempt to cure the click.  That didn't work so the pedal box was replaced.

Moving on some time, the brake/clutch fluid warning light came on and a leak in the master cylinder was diagnosed.  While waiting for a replacement I also experienced the pedal being stuck on the floor several times!

The master cylinder was replaced but the leak was still there and was finally traced to one of the pipes connected to the master cylinder.  It may be worth your dealer checking for a leak somewhere in view of my experience.

[MazdaVirgin]

Thanks Si. That's useful. I always feel that dealers will take the p!ss as I'm female so any extra knowledge and information is very welcome.

In relation to the clicking, the RAC guy explained to me that the clicking comes from (please bear in mind that I know nothing about the working of cars and this is going to come across as incredibly thick, but its the best I can do) the bit of the pedal that goes into the cylinder not being attached. So what they have done is drill a hole in the bit that goes into the cylinder and attaching something and a big washer to stop it coming out again. Sure there are some technical words for all this and the the RAC man used them but I only know what I need to know to basically keep my car going.

There's no clicking anymore.

[Si]

What makes you think I know any more than you do    at least you have an an excuse.

The initiail diagnosis by my dealer was a faulty slave cylinder and they described movement similar to what you are saying.  That was replaced but it made no difference.  Then they replaced the pedal box and that worked for about a week.  I then just had to put up with it doing it, but late last year I had the warning light come on as above and you can see where things went from there.  When my pedal stuck in the down position I just lifted it back up and started again!

At the moment the click seems to have gone of its own accord, it did come back briefly when I had to take my foot of pedal very quickly.  The same applies to the other TS2 we own, so it is a common "fault".

[Smthers]

My 2 is in for it's next major service tomorrow.

I'm going to ask them to take a look at the clutch and will leave them with the contact details for TW White & Sons (Mazda Byfleet) who have a good track record in sorting this problem.

Will also ask them to take a look at my corroding alloys as well.

[Smthers]

My local dealer (Chambers Mazda) modified the clutch pedal linkage on my 2 to reduce the amount of free play during the last service.

This has significantly reduced the click to the point where you hardly notice it. Only time will tell how robust a solution this is.

[asha]

Hello everyone!

Can I ask if anyone has actually had this problem fixed?  I mentioned it to my local dealer again last week and he said that Mazda are aware of the problem but unless they issue instructions on what to do in order to fix it there isn't really anything they can do.  This is exactly the same as he said in December last year when the car was serviced.

It appears from these threads that some dealers have been a little more ambitious than others in trying to fix with this problem.  I would have little issue in taking a road trip to another dealer if they could definantely fix the problem where my local dealer can't.  However, since I haven't experienced any problems with my clutch pedal sticking to the floor etc I wouldn't want to try anything that might risk that happening as a result.  With warranty months running out for us initial Mazda2 owners I thought now was a good time to be asking this question.

[Si]

Hi asha

Much the same as you in that the dealer has said Mazda are aware of a problem, but have not issued any fix  

The situation with our cars is that my pedal doesn't click when I drive it, though it has a couple of times after I have taken my foot off the pedal quickly.  When my wife drives it, and also when the garage drove it, it has clicked a couple of times when I have driven it again but then stopped!  The click has been very noticable, both feeling and noise.

The pedal on my wife's car clicks most of the time. She barely notices it but I usually do, you can hardly hear it and you can only just feel it.  If you didn't know it was there you probably wouldn't notice it doing it.

The pedal on mine has stuck to the floor a few times, but all were while I was waiting for a new master cylinder to be fitted as there was a leak in the system.

[DAZMAZ]

I have an update on my clutch click, the car went in a few weeks ago and had the master cylinder replaced under Mazdas bulletin. The clutch was lovely for approx 3 weeks until the pedal flexed over to the left again and hence the click came back.The car went back in Wednesday but nothing done to it and my dealer has just contacted me to say that it has been reported to Mazda UK but a recall or modified part will only happen if all dealers having this problem report it to Mazda UK.
Lets hope Mazda come out with a stronger modified pedal soon and maybe someone from Mazda UK should read some of these posts to see what problems we are all having.