Juddering When Driving Along

[sarahlouise40]

Hi, i wonder if anyone can help me, I've got a 1.3 ford fiesta 2002, recently it has been starting to judder when driving along, pulling away isn't a problem and it pulls away smoothly but when changing up to 2nd/3rd gear after i let me foot off the clutch the juddering starts to appear, it feels like your going to stall the car, if that helps!. it eases of if i put my foot slightly on the clutch and then i can carry on but as you can tell, the problem is irritating me.

I have put fuel injector cleaning fluid in to see if it was a problem with the injectors with rubbish in them, but doing the miles i do it would have sorted the problem out.

so, thank you for your help. hope i can get some response.

Sarah

[SandyCat]

Your car is a 1.3 petrol so it's not the normal diesel flywheel problems but I would be inclined to think it's still the clutch/flywheel that is vibrating because you say it reduces if you slightly press the clutch pedal. May also be worth getting the engine mountings checked.

[DieselPig]

Sarah,

If your mechanically inclined check the clutch pedal switch in the pedal box. If you put your foot on the clutch and it clears the fault the switch may have a bad connection.