Vauxhall Meriva depressed the clutch pedal and an emergency stop occurred any ideas please

You would have to carry out a diagnostic scan to retrieve any stored fault codes , they just dont appear on dash .

In with our mechanic at the moment and he's stumped, thank you anyway.

Odd chance , make sure if any floor mats in car they are not fouling up at pedals below dash panel .

Researched this fault as I was curious and found reports of Vauxhall Meriva's that were randomly activating the braking system and performing an emergency stop . Various suggestions of cause were , by drivers hanging items (such as air fresheners etc) from the gear lever.
When changing from 1st - 2nd or 3rd - 4th, the item gets trapped under the electronic handbrake button, activating the parking brake,

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Invalid brake signal received CO 561 (which was an internal failure of the electronic brake), and they fitted a new Electronic Brake Control Module and uploaded new software

Thank you, but not got a mat on that side of the car as my husband's heel kept catching it.

Wow! thank you, we don't have an air freshener hanging on the gear stick, but the second point could very well be the problem, thank you very much, I'll pass that on to our mechanic as he hasn't come up with anything yet, mainly because the fault hasn't occurred for him.

Hope it helps him in trying to solve the problem . It's not as rare a fault as I thought , quite a few reports on this happening when I delved into it . Fingers crossed .

Thank you for all your help, our mechanic changed the switch, I'm hopeful that this has cured the problem, he couldn't get the fault up at anytime, so only time will tell. Interesting enough though he did tell me Vauxhall has sent out a message (I'm assuming to all mechanics) that there could be a problem, he also said the part can be bought off the shelf which suggests that there is and they are aware of it without committing themselves.

It may have been a TSB ( technical service bulletin ) that was sent out by Vauxhall which lets them know about reports of any faults they have received and solution to rectify . Thank you for updating the forum .

Well the switch hasn't cured the problem, It returned again this week.
Our mechanic is still trying to find a solution.
Thank you for all your tips.
Jackie

Our mechanic changed 2 more switches, 1 on the clutch pedal and 1 to do with the brakes. We've driven the car now for a couple of weeks with no problems.
Unfortunately we no longer have any confidence in the car so have reluctantly decided it's time for a change. Thank you for all your help.
Jackie

I've had those switches causing problems on different cars and affecting the cruise control . Interesting it seems to have cured your fault , thank you for update . Perfectly understandable you no longer feel safe after what you have been through with the fault . Happy , trouble free motoring with whatever car you decide on to replace it with .