JUST BOUGHT A 99 CIVIC 5SPEED THE OTHER DAY, AND I JUST NOTICED THAT I DONT NEED TO STEP ON THE CLUTCH TO START THE CAR. IS THIS A PROBLEM? PLEASE HELP

 

check the wires going to the switch located on the clutch pedal.

 

Somebody may have either jumped the wires for the clutch safety in order to install an auto start. Or they have a key cylinder from an automatic car installed in there. Civic key cylinders do have a history of going bad. My EM1 has an automatic car key cylinder in it....installed by the previous owner. I don't like it.

 

IS THIS A BIG DEAL? MEANING IS IT GOING TO **** ANYTHING UP?

 

NO IT WONT HURT ANYTHING UNLESS YOU'RE PARKED IN ANY OTHER POSITION BUT NEUTRAL.
TURN OFF CAPS LOCK...

 

In some places, civics come stock without the clutch switch. My car don't have one. Not a big deal but sometimes you may get a jerk from starting the car while its on gear.

 

Leave the car in neutral when you start it. In my opinion, no clutch starting saves unnecessary wear on the throw out bearing. Then again, the savings may be outweighed by a lawsuit resulting from a careless first gear start thAt runs over a small child.

Please dont use dirty language in tech forums, take that **** to GDD.

and turn off your caps lock, troll.

 

lol sorry guys. im a drafter and forgot to turn off caps. oops but thank you all, i was kind of worried, never seen that before.

 

during cold starts I'd be way more worried about thrust washers on the crank than a replaceable throw out bearing.

 

Sometimes it's due to a jumped clutch start switch, sometimes it's because of a poorly done auto to manual swap, it's not from the lock cylinder or ignition switch though, the automatic does have some extra wires but they aren't for that and don't do anything when installed in a 5 speed car.