Aygo Clutch

[traceylyn11]

Hi new to the club. Have just bought our daughter a aygo 1.0 x-cite to learn to drive its a year old but has only done 100 miles, it was a toyota pre reg.

The clutch bite is right at the top and shes struggling to get used to it as its so different from the driving school car. Can the clutch be adjusted?

Thanks

[FROSTYBALLS]

Hello Brian - welcome to Toyota Owners Club.

Moved to the Aygo club.

[Cyker]

Ha, this is probably the second most common complaint I see with the Aygo after the water leaks!

Most people just learnt to get used to it, some found adjusting the seating position helped.

You can probably find ways to adjust it by searching the forum - A quick search yielded this thread for instance:

https://www.toyotaownersclub.com/forums/topic/158817-adjusting-the-clutch-bite-point/?tab=comments#comment-1331670
 

[FROSTYBALLS]

Just to clarify, the water leaks issue affected the first generation (2005-2014) and not the second generation (2014 on). The OP has the second generation.

[zuh]

Hi,

I have been driving more than 20 years and I owned an Aygo 1 but I admit that the clutch on the Aygo 2 can be tricky. I would not adjust the clutch, I would keep factory settings. One gets used to it. What I would suggest your daughter is:

- Adjust the driver's seat properly to press the pedals with the tip of the toes. The driver should not be too close to the steering wheel. I read this advice on this very board and it was very helpful to me.

- Do not hesitate to accelerate gently. Driving schools often have diesel cars with a lot of torque which can be maneuvered using only the clutch pedal. On the tiny engine of the petrol Aygo, this is not possible, you have to get used to accelerate a little whenever you want to move, even when you are parking slowly.

- If possible, prefer shoes with a soft sole to feel the pedals better when driving.

[Cjohnston1982]

I found this with a new courtesy car I had which only had a few hundred miles on it.

Strangely the second courtesy car I drove which had over 5’000 miles on felt completely different and the engine had more power (loosened up maybe?) compared to the first car which might make it easier to drive and harder to stall.

[zuh]

18 hours ago, Cjohnston1982 said:

I found this with a new courtesy car I had which only had a few hundred miles on it.

Strangely the second courtesy car I drove which had over 5’000 miles on felt completely different and the engine had more power (loosened up maybe?) compared to the first car which might make it easier to drive and harder to stall.

This is strange but I drove different Aygos that were theoretically identical and they felt different to drive, too.

Do you mean that the clutch needs breaking in?

[Cjohnston1982]

I’m not sure but the engine of the car that had done 5’000 miles definitely felt more powerful.

[zuh]

Ok, that's interesting.