so i took my week or so old 2007 3i for its second road trip yesterday, i went to orange county (1.5 hrs from home) then to la (45 mins from oc.) on the way to la i got caught up in some rush hour traffic on the 101. when the 110 exit came up i there was no traffic, so i was like ill just make a little detour and drove towards the exit.. thats when i got some issues.. i shifted from 2nd to 3rd then stepped on the clutch to go into 4th and when i started to pull my foot back off the clutch, i noticed there was no pedal under my foot!! i started to panic and pulled the stick into neutral and tried to push the clutch which was stuck to the floor. after a few kicks (while coasting towards the 110 on ramp) the clutch popped back up, and i thought great its fine ill just go on my way and go to la. so i pressed my clutch, shifted, and when i put some gas on it, i wasnt moving!! it would finally engage at higher rpms around 5500 or 6500 but accelerated very slowly. at the bottom of the on ramp i pulled over to the side because there was traffic going up hill and i knew i wasnt going anywhere.. called mazda roadside and the towed me to a dealership in glendale around 630pm. service was closed and so was the rentals. so i had to call up my cousin to pick me up 2 hours from home.. and im still dealing with the dealership over there, theyre a bunch of morons they looked like they have never seena mazda before.. ANYWAYS, my question is what do you think happened to my car!? its my first stick that i drive everyday, and i would day i am a fair or average manual driver. i only have 646 miles on it. could i have burnt out the clutch already!? or could it be a factory thing.
HELP!! i dont want to have to spend that much replacing the clutch after a week. what are the chances of me burning it at less than 650 miles, im not abusing it (i dont think.)
HELP!! i dont want to have to spend that much replacing the clutch after a week. what are the chances of me burning it at less than 650 miles, im not abusing it (i dont think.)
