Stepping on Clutch before starting your Vios

**wifi88** · July 18th, 2008 03:16 AM

Mga Sirs,

My wife just got our All new Vios 1.3 E yesterday and she said according to Toyota, before starting your engine she should step on the clutch. Is this really normal for this car model? What is the reason behind this procedure?
Again, salamat po.

**v6dreamer** · July 18th, 2008 05:10 AM

Its a safety feature.

For safety reasons or the car may jump forward or backwards when you start.

Some other reasons.
1. The clutch safety switch, it will not let the starter engage until the clutch is all the way down.
2. To reduce the load on the engine/starter.
3. To reduce the chance of a rolling start and the potential impacts following.

Not all car's have this feature.

Here's the best: To prevent your car stolen by not so good carnaper if they dont know this feature......saying......pucha naman!!! bago bagong kotse bulok na, ayaw umandar.

**theveed** · July 18th, 2008 07:21 AM

Yup, it's just like Automatic cars that you have to step on the brakes before shifting out of P.

**paolorenzo** · July 18th, 2008 07:35 AM

I've seen this feature in BMWs. I didn't realize Toyota has adopted something similar. That's a good thing...

**XTO** · July 18th, 2008 07:43 AM

not only on the vios. it is a good practice to start a vehicle with manual transmission while depressing the clutch. the clutch allows us to smoothly engage a spinning engine to a non-spinning transmission by controlling the slippage between them.

bale with clutch depressed means no friction therefore less load for the starter.

**shadow** · July 18th, 2008 07:49 AM

that's a very normal thing, para nga in case na kambyo ka hinde "kakadyot" yun ibang car brand hinde pwede ma start pag hinde tumapak muna sa clutch

**CVT** · July 18th, 2008 08:05 AM

I didn't realize that the new Vios has this feature. If that is the case, then, it is indeed a good safety item, since a kid cannot start the car unless he/she presses on the clutch.... As what theveed said above, that in an AT (a kid) cannot remove the tranny from P, unless he/she presses a button and steps on the brake....

6404:pump:

**CVT** · July 18th, 2008 08:05 AM

Ano ba ito??? Third time the double-post blip struck on me this morning...

6404:pump:

**Galactus** · July 18th, 2008 08:23 AM

Originally Posted by CVT

I didn't realize that the new Vios has this feature. If that is the case, then, it is indeed a good safety item, since a kid cannot start the car unless he/she presses on the clutch.... As what theveed said above, that in an AT (a kid) cannot remove the tranny from P, unless he/she presses a button and steps on the brake....

6404:pump:

I don't think its a "feature." With the new 2008 Vios, you can still start the car without stepping on the clutch. It's just that the manual RECOMMENDS depressing the clutch prior to starting, which is not new, since the manual on my 1980 Mitsu Galant Sigma likewise recommended stepping on the clutch.