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Apollomoon · 11-29-2017, 05:54 PM

I suffered for a year or so with the "depress clutch pedal" message. It was intermittent and annoying every time. I bent the switch arm a few times and it would work until the arm fatigued again.

Ran a continuity test on switch and it is fine. Just that idiotic arm is weak. Pulled the bracket and used a piece of lite machinist wire to hold the switch closed. Re-installed it and voila!! No more annoying message or crawling under the dash in a parking lot...that was very "unPorsche like"!! It was more like something I would be doing with my old Camaro.
Thanks for the tips..they all got me thinking about what to do.

11-29-2017, 05:54 PM	#8
Apollomoon Registered User Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: new york Posts: 3	Back to old ways I suffered for a year or so with the "depress clutch pedal" message. It was intermittent and annoying every time. I bent the switch arm a few times and it would work until the arm fatigued again. Ran a continuity test on switch and it is fine. Just that idiotic arm is weak. Pulled the bracket and used a piece of lite machinist wire to hold the switch closed. Re-installed it and voila!! No more annoying message or crawling under the dash in a parking lot...that was very "unPorsche like"!! It was more like something I would be doing with my old Camaro. Thanks for the tips..they all got me thinking about what to do.