2003 Ford Escape 2003 Ford Escape CLUTCH PEDDLE TO THE FLOO

Tiny
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  • 2003 FORD ESCAPE
  • 4 CYL
  • FWD
  • MANUAL
  • 95,000 MILES
My Escape has had clutch problems in the past, sometimes it shakes but tonight the peddle stuck all the way to the floor and had to be lifted with my toes and was difficult to put into gear afterwards. It had the clutch replaced from the recall a few years back. I've read about bleeding the line, and perhaps we will try that tomorrow-- any ideas on doing that correctly? I assume the clutch is bad, but it's worth checking for air first. How does air get in the lines, to begin with? Is getting a new clutch in this model super expensive?
Sunday, July 11th, 2010 AT 9:41 PM

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Tiny
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HI there,

This will be a hydraulic problem, check the fluid level, if low top up and re bleed, air can enter the system via a faulty clutch master or slave cylinder.

Mark (mhpautos)
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Monday, July 12th, 2010 AT 1:30 AM
Tiny
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Is the Master Cylinder. Almost $300 to repair, not as bad as we expected so I guess that's a plus! Cars can't last forever, thanks for the reply. Good luck out there folks.
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Tuesday, July 13th, 2010 AT 10:35 AM
Tiny
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Hi there,

Thank you for the feed back and thank you for using 2carpros.

Mark (mhpautos)
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Tuesday, July 13th, 2010 AT 10:43 AM

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