derbyjon

Just to update on the conclusion to mine. It turned out the dual mass flywheel was the cause of the issue. It had worn so the plates no longer sat flush against each other, and one half had wandered into the slave cylinder. The mechanic said he's seen a few that had travelled through the gearbox and one that got all the way to the bulkhead. So, could have been worse. DMF, slave cylinder and clutch replaced with OEM parts. Came to £1387 inc vat.

I've just experienced the same symptoms as reported. Clutch pedal on floor, can be hand-pumped back into action (initially took 30 minutes). It's in at my local garage now and the slave cylinder and clutch need replacing. Once they get it apart they'll know if the flywheel is also doomed. Note mine is a 10 year old VRS, although only 73k mileage. I've had it since 6 months old and 3k miles.