# 2017 Chevrolet Cruze - Clutch issues **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** chevrolet\ **Created:** [January 29, 2020, 5:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-chevrolet-cruze-clutch-issues/157529 "2020-01-29T17:47:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ron06](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e495f1/32.png) [@Ron06](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Ron06)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2020, 5:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-chevrolet-cruze-clutch-issues/157529/1 "2020-01-29T17:47:08Z")
Suddenly, this morning I had clutch problems. Had to pull it off floor with right foot several times on morning commute to get in gear. At one point when stopping at a red light, had to turn the ignition off as I couldn’t get it out of gear, and nearly rear ended car in front of me. ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2020, 6:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-chevrolet-cruze-clutch-issues/157529/2 "2020-01-29T18:13:04Z")
If you have no idea how to fix this yourself then have it towed to a shop so you won’t actually rear end someone. ---
**Author:** ![davepsinbox\_157004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@davepsinbox\_157004](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davepsinbox_157004)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2020, 11:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-chevrolet-cruze-clutch-issues/157529/3 "2020-01-29T23:36:11Z")
Sounds like a bad clutch master cylinder. Have the car towed to a good independent transmission shop. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 3:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-chevrolet-cruze-clutch-issues/157529/4 "2020-01-30T03:01:41Z")
If it seems to help to pump the clutch pedal before attempting a shift, good chance it is a faulty clutch master cylinder. If it is, this problem can degrade very rapidly to the point no matter what you do the car is un-drivable. This can go to barely noticeable but annoying to un-drivable over the course of a day or two. So schedule it into a shop asap. Clutch master cylinder replacement is usually pretty reasonable, less than $100 for the part and around an hour labor. I wouldn’t recommend that job for a newbie diy’er b/c the clutch master cylinder is often located in a difficult to access corner of the engine compartment. Special tools are often required. If a diy’er damages the hydraulic fitting in the process of attempting a repair then it becomes an even more expensive problem. ---
**Author:** ![Honda-Blackbird](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/honda-blackbird/32/3159_2.png) [@Honda-Blackbird](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Honda-Blackbird)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 3:20am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-chevrolet-cruze-clutch-issues/157529/5 "2020-01-30T03:20:35Z")
I’m not sure about the setup on the Cruze… If it has a clutch cable in 17’ I’d be a little surprised…but not entirely I suppose. If it has a hydraulic system… it may then also have an inline slave (inline with the input shaft) and in this day and age of one less part equals profits…I’m leaning in that direction… the slave is probably also made of plastic. When an inline slave keeps pushing out further and further…it eventually pops out of its cylinder…and then its game over. One of these conditions is present on this vehicle… and if you have a hydro master…thats how it will end…badly. If it still has a cable…it either came off, snapped, or the pivoting throwout bearing lever broke or came off its ball fulcrum. I guess I just listed all possible ways this could end up with a clutch pedal on the floor… Yes, I’m bored. ---
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 3:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-chevrolet-cruze-clutch-issues/157529/6 "2020-01-30T03:25:58Z")
The bad part I believe most of them are like mine inside the bell housing witch mean’s the tranmission need’s to come out to check. ---
**Author:** ![Honda-Blackbird](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/honda-blackbird/32/3159_2.png) [@Honda-Blackbird](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Honda-Blackbird)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 3:27am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-chevrolet-cruze-clutch-issues/157529/7 "2020-01-30T03:27:28Z")
Yes those are the linear slaves… In line, on the input shaft of the tranny. Ain’t they cute? I will take the external slave all day long thank you very much… ---
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 3:44am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-chevrolet-cruze-clutch-issues/157529/8 "2020-01-30T03:44:38Z")
I agree I don’t know why they started putting then inside the bell housing. ---
**Author:** ![Honda-Blackbird](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/honda-blackbird/32/3159_2.png) [@Honda-Blackbird](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Honda-Blackbird)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 3:47am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-chevrolet-cruze-clutch-issues/157529/9 "2020-01-30T03:47:08Z")
To save two bolts… a metal slave (all its components)… a ball fulcrum… and a throw out bearing lever. Congrats Bob… you just saved us 10.32 million on this series of automobiles. i really dislike Bob… and if I ever meet him on the street there’s gonna be a problem. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 3:48am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-chevrolet-cruze-clutch-issues/157529/10 "2020-01-30T03:48:55Z")
Maybe the motivation is to save space in the engine compartment? I agree, doesn’t make a lot of sense other than that to switch from the slave actuated lever configuration to an in-bell-housing. ---
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 3:50am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-chevrolet-cruze-clutch-issues/157529/11 "2020-01-30T03:50:50Z")
Yea Bob is like Manual ==============labor very easy to dislike.