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Why Does My Vauxhall Meriva
Continue to move if I take my foot off the accelerator and clutch? I mean in slow moving traffic, in first gear.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Do you mean you are sitting there with no feet on any pedals with the car in 1st gear? In which case the engine is driving it.
If you have just your foot on the clutch (to disconnect the engine from the gearbox) the momentum of the car will keep it going for a while. If you stop the car with the brake and it then sets off again you may have clutch drag and some adjustment may be needed.
If you have just your foot on the clutch (to disconnect the engine from the gearbox) the momentum of the car will keep it going for a while. If you stop the car with the brake and it then sets off again you may have clutch drag and some adjustment may be needed.
Is it a diesel? I have an eco diesel Zafira ,same engine, and I can put it in 1st gear and drive away without touching the accelerator. Then I can change up through the gears without touching the accelerator until I am doing 40 mph in 6 th gear. The tick-over is 1,000 rpm enough to drive at 40 mph in top gear or pull away in 1st and change up through 2nd to 5th increasing the speed. To do less than 40 mph you have to change down to 5th.
You're in gear with your foot off the clutch and accelerator - eh!
I would expect the car to stall - that's a strange driving style that would not be very kind to your car.
If you're stationary, take it out of gear before releasing the clutch and apply the handbrake - that would be normal - to me anyway!
I would expect the car to stall - that's a strange driving style that would not be very kind to your car.
If you're stationary, take it out of gear before releasing the clutch and apply the handbrake - that would be normal - to me anyway!
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