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what do I do when the clutch is stuck on my 1998 Honda CRV?

 
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Fix it

 
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You can try to pull the pedal out with your foot. Assuming this is a hydraulically-actuated clutch, this is typically the sign of a clutch master or slave cylinder with a bad seal or worn cylinder or piston. In the case of a bad master seal/cylinder, when you push your foot down, instead of the piston in the master cylinder pushing the fluid in front of it, which would then normally flow through the tubing to the slave cylinder, where it forces the slave to move, disengaging the clutch, the fluid instead is flowing around the master piston seal and getting behind the piston, where it then helps form a vacuum, trying to suck the slave cylinder backward instead of pushing it forward, which was your intent. By pulling the pedal out with your foot, you're forcing the fluid back out from behind the master cylinder to the front, where it belongs.































You can buy kits to replace the pistons and seals, or you can just get a whole new master or slave unit.































I had this happen once out on the highway during hot weather. The master cylinder expanded so much due to the engine and ambient heat that the piston seal in the master couldn't cope - it was old, and the seal material just wasn't pliable enough any more. I pulled the pedal out with the top of my foot. Once the car cooled down, everything worked again - for a while. I changed the seal in the master and slave, and all was still o.k. when I sold the car several years later.