Problems with 2006 Jeep Wrangler POWER TRAIN

Pulling from driveway onto street, shifting from first gear to second gear (manual 6-speed), heard a pop from under dash and clutch pedal went slack to floorboard. no clutch control afterward. no accident but tremendous stressful condition, able to drive in low gear off street into parking lot and disengage transmission and brake. car towed to dealer. awaiting dealer response. upon examination of the clutch pedal mechanism, discovered a small plastic clip attaching pedal to clutch cylinder had broken. this is a potentially extremely dangerous design issue. no recall info available as of yet. vehicle has 600 miles on it. *nm

When trying to leave a parking lot from a dead stop i depress the clutch and brake pedals, started the engine, and place the transmission in reverse. as soon as i looked back the clutch pedal went to the floor and the jeep leapt backwards. apparently the "plastic" linkage connecting the pedal to the clutch mechanism snapped. it is now being replaced but from previous reports i believe this will become a common problem for the 6 speed transmission on the 2006 jeep wrangler. *jb

The 2006 six speed jeep wrangler has a very dangerous design flaw. new for the 2006 jeep wrangler is the six speed transmissions and what i have recently learned the hard way is part of the redesign includes the clutch assembly. the clutch rod comes out of the floor board and attaches to the clutch pedal with a clip/attachment that bolts onto the clutch pedal. the problem here is as part of their new design the clip or attachment piece is made of ??plastic?? and i found that it can break very easily and disable your jeep. i learned this fact this last weekend and if i had been rock climbing or in the desert instead of in town i might not be here letting all you jeep owners know about this very dangerous problem. in addition to this problem and being 165 miles from home i had a big eye opener on how rude, uncooperative, uncaring and totally unhelpful i found corporation to be. read the details of my past weekend and daimler chrysler see how dangerous and potentially deadly this problem can be unless daimler chrysler corporation corrects it! i almost forgot to mention that even though it was a warranted part it turned out to be a very expensive problem for me as well. *nm

Model: 2006 jeep wrangler rubicon with 6 speed transmission. after backing out of a parking stall and during the transition from reverse to 1st gear the clutch pedal lost its connection to the clutch mechanism. the pedal was free to swing with no resistance at all. there was a loud "pop" from under the dash. i was able to drive the vehicle to the dealership by by-passing the clutch interlock switch and starting the vehicle in gear. the vehicle had exactly 74 miles on the odometer. the dealership repaired the vehicle under warranty. *nm