if I can find mine this week, I'll send to you gratis. I bypassed it as part of my kill switch system. will let you know in a couple of days if I'm successful

 

rad, thanks! I'll hold off on looking until i hear from you.

 

Apparently a common issue, mine hasn't had this yet, so I don't have a part number. See http://www.clubfrontier.org/forums/f8/clutch-safety-switch-button-86675/ Also check here, maybe you can find Nissan number for your model 2000 Nissan Frontier Brake & Clutch Pedal - NissanPartsDeal.com

I saw this posted:
Go to the hardware store and buy a small 1/4" bolt or smaller with a 7/16 nut put the bolt through the hole with the head of the bolt facing the clutch safety switch apply the nut to the bolt and tighten. It would probably be best to use the nut with the locking mechanism so it won't vibrate loose. Quick inexpensive easy fix that lasts forever.

 

Wow this is the first I've heard of this on newer vehicles, though I would believe it to be common still since it's plastic. (was always common problem on my older manuals). Typical fix "back in the day" was to just bypass it or push it closed with something and tape the **** out of it LOL.

 

Mine broke years ago, common issue.

Don't forget you can just use the clutch start cancel switch that is near the mirror adjustment switch to start it without pushing in clutch.

 

not on my truck. mine just has a blank panel between the mirror adjustment and the cargo light switch. if raymond~ doesn't end up having the part, i'll probably just jerry rig a bolt onto the thing so i don't have to push it in with a paper clip every time i start it. then i wouldn't even have to push the clutch in. would it pose any problems having the button being pushed at all times?

 

Yea, mine broke shortly after I got the truck ~28k. I don't even remember what I did to fix it but it was dirt simple...like electrical taping the remainder of the broken nub on. been good for over a year but I was just noticing the other day that I had to have the pedal all the way TO THE FLOOR so it might be wearing through.

 

NISMO opition?

Oh really, maybe that's a early NISMO thing? Well let me say I wasn't thinking about that switch and it took me a couple days to get by the dealer parts counter. I was standing outside my truck and pushing the button with one hand and turning the key with the other sort of stretched out, LOL. The newer plastic tab is better constructed heavier duty, I replaced mine in 2011 with no issues since. A bolt or even simpler it's just a switch, bypass it cutting the two wires and connecting them together, or the sticky tape over the switch?

 

dave c - I'm unable to locate it. it's here somewhere but so insignificant amongst
my project pile of parts that I suspect it will surface when least expected. sorry I
got your hopes up for naught. r-

 

No problem! Thanks for looking.

 

Bumping an old thread, only because I needed this part and it took a bit to track down.
Z-1 Offroad carries the clutch pedal position switch, at half the cost of Nissan dealers.

OEM '05-'21 Frontier / Xterra Clutch Pedal Neutral Position Switch

www.z1offroad.com

 

I just wanted to pass on that I placed my order on Thursday the 11th and received the part yesterday the 13th. Z-1 has great customer service.

 

they wanted $9 to ship to me in seattle. I will shop around to see if anyone will ship pony express

 

Even with shipping it is still half of what the dealership wanted.

 

My clutch interlock didn't work when I bought it. The fix was to put one of the plastic push locks in the hole in the clutch pedal. It has been doing fine for better than 8 months.

 

Do you have a picture? I'm not sure what a plastic push lock is.
Thanks

 

My switch was good, just needed the pad that pressed on the switch.