Hi 

i was on the motorway  ,130miles into my journey  , when  a lorry served into my lane ,

i braked  and left a gap  , but when i came to accelerate   , i suddenly found i had lost all drive  ,

i got into the hard shoulder  , engine running perfect but no drive .

i had a similar sudden drive failure many  years ago on a bmw motorcycle ,

car type single plate  clutch , the splines in the clutch plate had failed ...a batch of faulty clutch plates and lack of grease on assembly - bmw

the skoda  a 2013 fabia 1.2  , it has only done 12,300miles ..

i am  hoping it's just the clutch plate ,   not the gearbox input shaft or gearbox internals

the clutch bite  has always be been at the  very top of the pedal  ,

if it was a cable operated clutch i would have adjusted it give it a little more play ?

if anybody else had a similar problem or has any ideas ?

your thoughts and wisdom  will be much appreciated

thanks bryan

It doesn't matter what's wrong with it, the gearbox has got to come out anyway whereupon diagnosis will be trivial.

yes thanks ,rac took the car back to my local dealer  ...

there are super busy ,looking at 2-3 week wait before they can even  have a look at it,

so i was just wondering if anybody else had had the same problem ?

Total loss of drive like that is usually the gearbox but no sense in speculating.

Hi Sepulchrave,

thanks for your advice  again,

luckily it was the clutch....stiill  an expensive job but  much better than a  gearbox problem

the bite point  on the old clutch had been at the very top of the pedal  ( too high  with  no play ) from new ,

new clutch has a very low bite point,

can this be adjusted?