I pulled over and mounted a kerb outside my house to get something. I was gone about 2mins, but when I came back and started my car, I noticed the clutch pedal was loose and the gear stick was loosely shifting into gears.

Drove for about 30 seconds before the clutch became stuck down to the floor, so I pulled over, and was unable to shift gears from 2nd into anything.

Turned the car off for a few mins, said some prayers, and the car works fine. Drove it for another 20mins to make sure.

I’ve got a few questions. What happened, is it likely to happen again, and how much would a repair cost? My MOT is due next month (19.12.23) and I have ~£500 to spend on repairs if that’s necessary.

It’s a 2013, 63 reg plate Ford Fiesta Titanium X Ecoboost 1L petrol engine if that helps. I know literally nothing about cars so any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.

  • thatbreadyboiii@alien.topOPBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I was unable to move the gearstick whilst the engine was running. I then turned the engine off, left it for 5mins and it moved and everything worked as normal.

    I’m going to go for a test drive in a few hours to determine whether or not I can take it to uni tomorrow. I’ll let you know how it goes.

    Thanks