Re-cycled Teanager Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 A few months ago the clutch master cylinder shaft broke resulting in the car needing to be towed to my local garage as it was not possible to select a gear. The garage (not a Ford dealership) replaced the master cylinder (with the metal shaft type) so the car was driveable once again. To cut a long story short the following day I noticed that the stop/start, cruise control, speed limiter and hill start assist were not working and the stop/start light permanently shows 'off'. However you still needed to depress the clutch to start the engine. On returning to the garage they said that these faults were not connected with the repair but had checked and there was 'no data being exchanged'. Unfortunately I was moving house the next day and was just glad to have a mobile car! Time has passed and I now live too far away from the garage to get involved in an argument and in every other respect the car works fine. It has just passed its MOT and the testing station made no mention of the stop/start or other issues so I assume it’s not an MOT requirement? A couple of months ago the battery had to be replaced but the faults were present before and after replacement so that would seem to rule out the battery. A fault code reader reports no fault codes so over Christmas I have removed and checked both clutch sensors and their wiring, checked all the plugs and sockets on the body control unit, checked that the sensors operate (by meter) when the pedal is pressed and checked every fuse I can find on the vehicle. In the past the battery has been left disconnected for several days all to no avail. Short of going to an expensive Ford dealership I’m out of ideas – anybody got any? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micro Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 4 hours ago, Re-cycled Teanager said: A few months ago the clutch master cylinder shaft broke resulting in the car needing to be towed to my local garage as it was not possible to select a gear. The garage (not a Ford dealership) replaced the master cylinder (with the metal shaft type) so the car was driveable once again. To cut a long story short the following day I noticed that the stop/start, cruise control, speed limiter and hill start assist were not working and the stop/start light permanently shows 'off'. However you still needed to depress the clutch to start the engine. On returning to the garage they said that these faults were not connected with the repair but had checked and there was 'no data being exchanged'. Unfortunately I was moving house the next day and was just glad to have a mobile car! Time has passed and I now live too far away from the garage to get involved in an argument and in every other respect the car works fine. It has just passed its MOT and the testing station made no mention of the stop/start or other issues so I assume it’s not an MOT requirement? A couple of months ago the battery had to be replaced but the faults were present before and after replacement so that would seem to rule out the battery. A fault code reader reports no fault codes so over Christmas I have removed and checked both clutch sensors and their wiring, checked all the plugs and sockets on the body control unit, checked that the sensors operate (by meter) when the pedal is pressed and checked every fuse I can find on the vehicle. In the past the battery has been left disconnected for several days all to no avail. Short of going to an expensive Ford dealership I’m out of ideas – anybody got any? Have a look around the clutch pedal area, see if there are any plugs unplugged. I believe that some vehicles have two clutch pedal switches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke4efc Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Have you checked for a blown fuse? Possible they blew one when putting some connectors back on without disconnecting the battery first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iantt Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 What ford is it? I've looked at wiring diagrams for my focus and found out there's 3 switches (previously thought there were only 2) a bot switch , tot switch and a clutch pedal range sensor . Have you checked all 3? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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