Heavy/Stiff Clutch in S. Replacement Needed?

[bigislandboxster]

My extended warranty doesn't cover it either, I have actually never heard of ANY warranty that covers clutch replacement under normal wear and tear .....

it could be just the pressure pads which are a good bit cheaper than the whole clutch assembly, when i bought my S i felt the clutch was very heavy, but coming from a tiptronic i did not have anything to judge against, so i call to my local porsche specialist and let him have a look, it happened that another S was there that day and after checking his clutch i went back to the dealer who i bought the car from and he kindly changed the pressure pads free of charge, all this happened within 4 days by the way!

hope you get sorted out, by the way i never heard of clutch wear guaranteed either.

see ya

[mjw930]

I'm trying to figure out what a pressure pad is

[Adam]

Originally Posted by mjw930

I'm trying to figure out what a pressure pad is

I think he is talking about a clutch disc. Alot of people just reuse the pressure plates and flywheel and only replace the disc to get away cheap.

[heliocentric]

Thanks for everyone's help. I'm taking the car to another mechanic for review. He's surprised it needs a new clutch based on my description, so wants me to bring it in and take a test drive. He said the only way you can tell if the flywheel is good is when the clutch is dissassembled.

It's an expensive repair or a very expensive repair (if a new flywheel is needed) :-(

I've noticed a few online dealers selling clutch parts... any recommendations? I may be able to save money if I supply the parts.

[docdyh]

so does that mean your clutch repair is NOT covered under your warranty?

[docdyh]

that question was for xclusivecar not you, heliocentric..

[xclusivecar]

Originally Posted by docdyh

so does that mean your clutch repair is NOT covered under your warranty?

We'll, they have the car now and have repaired other problems with the car already...but...now they are backing down on the clutch being bad. They are telling me something about a cracked something or other which may be causing the heavy feel in the pedal and want to fix this first before they tear out the transmission. We'll see! But to answer your question...yes the clutch would be covered...but now they don't want to fix it?!?!?