[s-cars] Broken clutch pedal - again!

[Tom Rodriguez]

Folks,

 

The clutch pedal on my '95 S6 has broken, again.  This is the third time
this has happened in the life of the car (270K miles).  The symptom is the
pedal goes all the way to the floor and doesn't come back up, and doesn't
engage the clutch.  The pedal can be manually pulled up to its normal
position, but if pressed again it goes to the floor and stays there.
Something in the pedal or linkage is broken.  The car is in the shop this
morning for a diagnosis and repair quote.  Has anyone else encountered this
problem?  I wanted to get the wisdom of this group before I speak further
with the shop.

 

As I said, this has happened twice before on this car. The first time I
think there was a break somewhere in the linkage.  The second time the break
was in the pedal itself.  It seems odd to me that this would be a recurring
problem. did Audi's engineers design a flimsy system?  How can I prevent
this from happening again?

 

Any advice or experience would be appreciated.

 

Tom Rodriguez

'95 S6, 270K miles