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From: The Top of Utah
I am not aware of any manual transmission cars with a neutral safety switch. Certainly not a C4. Therefore, in answer to your question, no purpose and no function. Has some one added one to your car? That would be the person to ask, the rouge installer.
On automatic transmission cars, the neutral safety switches are universal accouterments. For one thing thing, a working switch will help you get through tech at the drag strip. If the car is started in "gear", and revving the engine to keep it running or for any other reason, the car is likely to make a sudden, unexpected movement. Likewise with a clutch interlock switch that necessitates disengaging the clutch while the car is started.
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On automatic transmission cars, the neutral safety switches are universal accouterments. For one thing thing, a working switch will help you get through tech at the drag strip. If the car is started in "gear", and revving the engine to keep it running or for any other reason, the car is likely to make a sudden, unexpected movement. Likewise with a clutch interlock switch that necessitates disengaging the clutch while the car is started.
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Le Mans Master
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From: San Diego, Ca
Doesn't he mean the clutch interlock or whatever you want to call it (My Manuals say it's the Clutch Start Switch)? The defense lawyers - I thought - decided that you might not be smart enough to know that cranking it over in gear could cause it lurch into the garage wall - so there's a switch that won't let it crank unless the clutch is depressed. Feel free to Bypass it depending on your age and degree of dementia.
Safety Car
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From: Vero Beach Florida
Well if you drive most new cars with an intel-a-key and push button start either brake or clutch must be applied before starting. Takes me back to when Audi had a problem running over and through things because they would start in gear or so the owners claimed.
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Le Mans Master
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From: The Arid Sunny Desert
I'm not sure exactly what it is called (That's what my mechanic called it) but I have a C4 that ocassionally jumps out of second gear when coasting to a stop (never while under acceleration) and I we're hoping that this switch may be the culprit and not an internal transmission problem. We already drained and re-filled the clutch fluid until clear and that didn't solve the issue so we shall see.........
Le Mans Master
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From: Australia
Pretty common trans problem ,need a new mechanic
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Le Mans Master
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From: Australia
Dependent apon labour cost most likely cheaper to rebuild yours
Rebuild kit here
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/SUPER...Q5fAccessories
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Super...=p4506.c0.m245
or rebuilt
http://www.pipersauto.com/4speeds.html
Racer
Joined: Sep 2007
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From: Marysville OH
You seriously need a new mechanic.
Any so called mechanic that would even conjecture that a neutral safety switch or bad clutch fulid would cause a tranny to kick out of gear isn't even qualiifed to work in Wall of China Marts Quick Oil Change.
Don't let that dumbazz anywhere near your car ever again
Any so called mechanic that would even conjecture that a neutral safety switch or bad clutch fulid would cause a tranny to kick out of gear isn't even qualiifed to work in Wall of China Marts Quick Oil Change.
Don't let that dumbazz anywhere near your car ever again
Tech Contributor
Joined: Oct 2008
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From: Custer, WI
you seriously need a new mechanic.
Any so called mechanic that would even conjecture that a neutral safety switch or bad clutch fulid would cause a tranny to kick out of gear isn't even qualiifed to work in wall of china marts quick oil change.
Don't let that dumbazz anywhere near your car ever again
Any so called mechanic that would even conjecture that a neutral safety switch or bad clutch fulid would cause a tranny to kick out of gear isn't even qualiifed to work in wall of china marts quick oil change.
Don't let that dumbazz anywhere near your car ever again
lol