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I had the joy of driving (ha) the linear car park known as the M6 and A14 this weekend (if you were stuck in the queue southbound on the M6 this afteroon, i feel for you). On the way down on friday the clutch felt a bit odd once or twice, the biting point was very low and the pedal didnt seem to return smoothly not using the car all weekend I forgot about it, until in the middle in heavy traffic at the M6/56 junction the clutch pedal just didn't come back up. Managed to get to the hard shoulder and return the clutch pedal and it seemed to resume normal operations, so managed to get the remaining 25 or so miles home driving very gingerly. I'll be getting it looked at shortly (it had the skoda handbrake problem occur on thursday evening, so im taking it to a local VAG specialist) but i wonder if anyone has any ideas - fluid levels look OK. I've not checked yet, but is there a return spring ?

@BJM did your replacement actuator come with or without a cable, I've seen them for sale online with and without ? Also is it possible to replace the unit without removing the boot interior trim (which I guess might be possible if you can disconnect the cable at the actuator end, but no-one ive seen on youtube did that)

Have managed to get it open with a bit of brute force and ignorance, if anyone can point me in the direction of resources on how to replace the unit, it would be appreciated

**** just happened to me, and we're going on holiday .... in the car... tomorrow morning - any ideas on how to force the flap open with miminal risk of damage ?

i guess you have reasons for choosing a towbar mount - I considered one but decided on roof mounting eventually. As i get older it's more of an effort to load the bikes on, but that's probably no harder than whatever you have to do to get in the back of the car if you have a towbar mount And i remember seeing an Insignia with two adult and two kids bikes on a ferry in rotterdam and thinking 'I don't fancy that' and about 10k down the motorway I saw the bike rake, then the Insignia 500 metres down the road. On the other hand I have nearly knocked the bikes off on one of those barriers meant for keeping caravans out of car parks, and while the setup i have on my hatchback (with roof bars) has never given any problems, the previous setup on the estate (with roof rails) had to be seriously tightly secured if it wasn't to sneak its way to the back of the car

Thanks, thats interesting, but i'm a bit clumsy at that sort of thing and can see the car as a burnt out wreck if I give that a try

Is there any way of making either of the sockets power off when the ignition is off ? I've not seen any mention of it being possible, but just asking for confirmation