Ahh, gotta love glorious failure. 150K miles of city driving causes the strangest things

Started getting a "clicking sound" when releasing the clutch petal, turns out the clutch switch button was slipping into a hole where the switch's rubber bump stop use to be on the pedal neck. You can see below the remains of that bump stop.

Here's a before and after. If this happens to you, using a panel fastener (click me) temporarily would work until a permanent replacement arrives.
Part number G030-43-029



key search terms: clicking pedal, clutch rubber stop, clutch switch, pedal switch, click pedal, clutch hole

 

no bueno

 

I had that happen. Duct tape fixed my problem...

 

I realize I'm bringing this back from the dead, but this post with its pictures should almost be a sticky...

My clutch pedal has been making the "boinging" or "clicking" noise since I bought the car a few weeks ago and it sure was annoying. I even ordered a new clutch switch hoping it would fix the problem. I didn't realize until today that there was a separate part number for the "clutch switch bump stop?"

After doing a search, I see that many owners have this problem or have had it before and fixed it by JB Welding some scrap of something over the hole in the clutch pedal. Why bother when the actual Mazda part is only a few bucks?

Thanks for this very helpful post!

 

Yeah, it happened to me.
I had a spare leather cue tip lying around that I just glued into place.
Royal PITA!

If you guys want a thread to get archived, RATE IT!


-Ted

 

You can buy replacements from autozone. They are with the fasteners. Mine was missing when I bought the car.

 

I think I put one of those interior fasteners in the hole. I'll have to double check.

What's the point of that thing?

 

I'm guessing it's to reduce vibration noise as the pedal rests against the switch 95% of the time while driving. It could also reduce wear on the switch a little I suppose.

 

Without the bump stop in place, the white plunger goes right through the clutch pedal so the cruise control thinks you have the pedal depressed. I suspect this is why my cruise control isn't working right now (not that I really plan to use it).

As vaughnc noted in his other thread on the subject, Mazda has replaced the original more brittle black stopper with a more pliable blue one with the same part number. I just ordered one and it was under $3.

 

When mine broke, along with the nasty clicking noise everytime to lifted off the clutch, it causes the engine to idle HIGH for some odd reason.


-Ted

 

Here's that replacement one:

 

i'm using a piece of velcro there right now, but ****, i might as well get the OEM part now that i've got the part number.

 

I'll stick with my fastener for now. It was free and works just fine. But next time I'm at Mazda I probably will grab one.