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I can't find a pattern to this behaviour beyond the fact that it seems to occur more often in stop-start traffic.
All of a sudden I'll not be able to find a gear. No matter how hard I push in the clutch I can't engage a new gear.
If I stop the engine and select a gear I can get going again, but sometimes even this doesn't work. On those occasions I have my foot fully pressed down on the floor and the gear 'engaged' and when I turn the ignition the car lurches forward. In these situations there is no pressure in the clutch pedal it just gets pushed meekly in with no 'springback'
Most often things return to normal after the car has been stopped for a while or after I've 'pumped' the clutch pedal a few times.
This 'situation' occurs once or twice a day. The rest of the time its fine.
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