Re: Faulty Neutral Sensor in M05 Forester?

"Bernd Felsche" <bernie@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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 Athol <athol_SPIT_SPAM@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
: >Scotty <scoter1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
:
: >> I'd like to know exactly what a neutral sensor on a manual car does.
:
: >Most likely, there's also a clutch pedal sensor (AKA switch) and the
: >engine won't crank if it's in gear and the clutch is not depressed...
:
: If the clutch is depressed, maybe the driver shouldn't kick it so
: often.
:
: The clutch in my TDI is happy now. The one it came with from the
: factory wasn't.
:
: There's a clutch ppedal position switch, used mainly by cruise
: control. I can crank in-gear with the clutch engaged; a big safety
: feature to quickly move the car should the engine stall in a nasty
: place.
:
: The Audi A3 S****tback (actually the wagon version) that I drove in
: Europe last year also used the clutch switch for controlling the
: engine's output. It wouldn't rev with the clutch pedal down. Gently
: applying the throttle and expecting the revs to rise didn't happen;
: until the clutch was let out. (Fortunately, the clutch was on a
: short leash. :-) ) That takes some getting used to.
:
: I have no idea how the hell you're supposed to smoke the front if
: you can't rev the engine before dumping the clutch. What were they
: thinking!
: -- 


Cheap traction control maybe?

Or they couldnt combat a weak clutch assembly?