# Clutch safety switch and certification. **URL:** \ **Category:** SON240sx Automotive\ **Created:** [March 25, 2006, 3:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/clutch-safety-switch-and-certification/94193 "2006-03-25T15:39:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mastahjay69](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@mastahjay69](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mastahjay69)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 3:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/clutch-safety-switch-and-certification/94193/1 "2006-03-25T15:39:25Z")
My friend is looking into a 1990 240sx… i noticed when starting the car the clutch safety switch no longer works. this switch would normaly force you to push the clutch in to start the car. i had been at a nissan dealership who said to me “it has the switch, if the switch is not working, it will automaticaly fail safety”… is this true, i’v heard it from many sources. ---
**Author:** ![koz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/koz/32/5478_2.png) [@koz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/koz)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 4:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/clutch-safety-switch-and-certification/94193/2 "2006-03-25T16:00:10Z")
:ky: … that’s you gettin screwed by the dealer. i’ve never come across an S13 that required the clutch to start the car, and i seriously doubt anyone would fail to safety a car for this. K ---
**Author:** ![mastahjay69](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@mastahjay69](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mastahjay69)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 4:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/clutch-safety-switch-and-certification/94193/3 "2006-03-25T16:02:01Z")
I know they will fail it, (atleast they should) but nissan had told me that there was a switch… are you saying there isn’t? anyway to check? ---
**Author:** ![koz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/koz/32/5478_2.png) [@koz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/koz)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 4:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/clutch-safety-switch-and-certification/94193/4 "2006-03-25T16:15:10Z")
:slap: man, why are you talking to dealerships about certification? just take the car somewhere else. ---
**Author:** ![mastahjay69](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@mastahjay69](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mastahjay69)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 4:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/clutch-safety-switch-and-certification/94193/5 "2006-03-25T16:47:08Z")
No no not taking the car there… i went there to find out if the 240’s came with the switch, they said it did and therefor couldn’t pass safety, as the car was being sold certified. ---
**Author:** ![koz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/koz/32/5478_2.png) [@koz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/koz)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 5:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/clutch-safety-switch-and-certification/94193/6 "2006-03-25T17:09:44Z")
dude, why are you worrying about some stupid switch (that you’re not sure even exists)? as long as the car starts… who cares?! ---
**Author:** ![Iceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/46a35a/32.png) [@Iceman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Iceman)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 5:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/clutch-safety-switch-and-certification/94193/7 "2006-03-25T17:13:27Z")
the switch is used for the cruise control… I can’t say if the 240 ever came with a working clutch interlock, though ---
**Author:** ![DirrtyDevo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dirrtydevo/32/5547_2.png) [@DirrtyDevo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DirrtyDevo)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 5:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/clutch-safety-switch-and-certification/94193/8 "2006-03-25T17:36:03Z")
ive got a 89 and a 91 both never had to press the clutch in to start… ---
**Author:** ![spd-dmn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/spd-dmn/32/5513_2.png) [@spd-dmn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/spd-dmn)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 5:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/clutch-safety-switch-and-certification/94193/9 "2006-03-25T17:45:21Z")
US cars had it since at least 1991, maybe since the beginning even. Canadian cars didn’t get it til 97 or 98 i think? if even then… ---
**Author:** ![mastahjay69](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@mastahjay69](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mastahjay69)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 6:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/clutch-safety-switch-and-certification/94193/10 "2006-03-25T18:04:36Z")
Ok well this was semi helpful… although i’m no longer in the market for a 240sx… it’s been replaced with the newly purchased integra! ---
**Author:** ![koz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/koz/32/5478_2.png) [@koz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/koz)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 7:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/clutch-safety-switch-and-certification/94193/11 "2006-03-25T19:31:13Z")
:ugh2: ---
**Author:** ![MR.Large](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@MR.Large](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MR.Large)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 7:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/clutch-safety-switch-and-certification/94193/12 "2006-03-25T19:51:52Z")
spd-dmn is right the canadian models did not have at all untill late in the s-14 line up and if i can recall 89-90 usdm cars did not have it there is a page out there somewhere that goes into more detail ---
**Author:** ![Theo23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Theo23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Theo23)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 10:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/clutch-safety-switch-and-certification/94193/13 "2006-03-26T10:31:18Z")
> [@spd-dmn](#): > > US cars had it since at least 1991, maybe since the beginning even. > > Canadian cars didn’t get it til 97 or 98 i think? if even then… Exactly correct. Both my '95s had no interlock. My '97 does have it (well it came with it, but is jumped out now). Theo