Stall prevention not working?

[ice445]

I slammed the brakes and stalled the car when someone pulled out in front of me in a parking lot. This is my first manual daily, I bought it used with 2000 miles on it.

Sounds like the first owner may have obliterated the discs if you're having issues this early

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[ORRadtech]

I cannot imagine that one stall incident would cause clutch damage.
I've taught too many people to drive manual cars (back before there was any fancy automatic throttle help) to believe that at all. If you've never taught someone with zero driving experience to drive a stick you cannot imagine the abuse a clutch takes during that training. And they come out the other side just fine.
My feeling is the stall freaked the OP out and now he's hypersensitive.

As an aside, an old method to check the clutch condition is put the car in 3rd gear and, without throttle input and your foot on the brake, let the clutch out slowly. If it starts to stall the clutch is fine. If it slips and doesn't stall then the clutch is slipping. I'm not sure how the fancy throttle/clutch nannies would affect that method.

 

[Aki]

As an aside, an old method to check the clutch condition is put the car in 3rd gear and, without throttle input and your foot on the brake, let the clutch out slowly. If it starts to stall the clutch is fine. If it slips and doesn't stall then the clutch is slipping. I'm not sure how the fancy throttle/clutch nannies would affect that method.

That will still work, ECU won't open the throttle too wide without user input. I mean you can absolutely start rolling on 2nd without touching the go pedal, but not if you side-step the clutch or stand on the brake. Making the car un-stallable would be way too dangerous, especially in modern times when this will for many be the first manual transmission car ever.
Or you can go to drag strip mode where, if I understood correctly, all driver aids are disabled and the pedal input is changed from torque request to throttle position request. Yet to try that one myself.

 

[nik_the_titan]

I cannot imagine that one stall incident would cause clutch damage.
I've taught too many people to drive manual cars (back before there was any fancy automatic throttle help) to believe that at all. If you've never taught someone with zero driving experience to drive a stick you cannot imagine the abuse a clutch takes during that training. And they come out the other side just fine.
My feeling is the stall freaked the OP out and now he's hypersensitive.

As an aside, an old method to check the clutch condition is put the car in 3rd gear and, without throttle input and your foot on the brake, let the clutch out slowly. If it starts to stall the clutch is fine. If it slips and doesn't stall then the clutch is slipping. I'm not sure how the fancy throttle/clutch nannies would affect that method.

I had to revive the thread for a second here. I had a funny vibration and clunking noise with the car too. Ford replaced the driveshaft as they said that it was damaged. My question is do you all think that the damaged driveshaft was presenting itself as this weird engagement issue?

Thanks for all y’all’s reply’s!

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