My TT is not a daily driver, but it is driven at least once a week. The car had suddenly developed an extraordinarily heavy clutch pedal feel when depressing the clutch to engage the starter. After engine start the clutch pedal feel immedialtely resumed it old characteristics, and the clutch operated normally. I took the car to the dealer who recognized the symptoms as an "accumulator failure". They had a new one installed pronto and all is well - but the dealer did advise that this failure is not unheard of on TT's. Apparently our clutch is not a traditional simple hydraulic master and slave cylinder , but employs some sort of hydraulic boost that is generated by the engine while running with pressure stored in the accumulator to ensure an easy pedal upon starting. I have about 4,500 miles on the car.
Anyone else had this problem?

Dick