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The clutch on my wife’s 2003 KIA Rio refused to allow her to shift gears the other day. I had it towed home where I found out that I had been very remiss in not adjusting the thing for the past couple of years. This car has 86,000 miles on it; we bought it new due to a bad error of judgment. It has had 2 transmissions replaced under warranty and one clutch which i paid for myself. We are very easy on clutches, have used them in all our cars, and normally get 60,000 miles before replacing them, at least on the Volkswagen, Toyotas, Fords, and Chevys we’ve had. I adjusted this per info from the web (no I dont have a repair manual) and it improved and was usable but only for a few miles. It will shift easily enough if the engine isnt running, but not at all when it is. Also this last time I noticed the clutch is engaged enough to roll the car even if the pedal is all the way down. There has never been any slippage, just more and more effort to depress the pedal until it finally wouldnt shift. My question is: SHOULD I BEAT ON THE TRANNY WITH A HAMMER? If so, which point of impact would be most likely to make it work right? Or is there some additional adjustment I could try before pulling the thing apart?
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I have an ’03 Rio but mine is an Automatic. I did however hear about an issue for some owners with sticks, that the pedal bracket partially breaks off from the fire wall. Might want to see if the bracket is firmly attached. If that is the problem though, you’re going to need to weld it back on.
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