grinding going into 1st, 2nd and R...more also...

[ohioboxster]

How many miles are on it now? Its a lease isnt it?

[Bavarian Motorist]

Originally Posted by ohioboxster

How many miles are on it now? Its a lease isnt it?

Leased.


Just under 6k. About 5950.


This was my first car I've owned w/ a manual tranny. Could be that or that I tried to teach my friend how to drive it...


One of the techs before told me the clutch isn't covered under warranty. Any truth to this?

[RandallNeighbour]

That's right... the clutch is a wear item like the brakes and tires.

Man, that's not many miles for a clutch if it is indeed the problem! If the dealer tells you that's what it is, consider telling them to give you the car back without replacing it.

Then buy the parts from Sunset and get a reputable independent mechanic to put it in. This will not void your warranty, but it may save you as much as a grand.

The problem is that on our cars, they have to drop the tranny to change the clutch. It's 8+ hours on the repair.

[eslai]

Doesn't sound like typical clutch wear though. Sounds like your clutch release fork, hydraulics or something else are damaged.

Could be due to abuse, could be due to defective parts. If it's the former, it's your fault. If it's the latter, it should be covered under warranty.

Either way, time for a trip to the dealer. Make them show you the flywheel if they try to blame you for driving like a hooligan. Look for cracks, heat marks, etc. If the disk looks normal, they really won't have much to blame you for.

edit: 5000 miles eh? Never mind about the flywheel--it's not going to show much wear. I bet they'll find something broken that is suspicious, in that it could be blamed on the driver, but isn't 100% concrete. They'll probably do a "good will" replacement of the part, but warn you that if it happens again you'll be in Trouble.

Let's see how close I am.

[Bavarian Motorist]

Thanks everyone. We'll soon find out.


I lost my credit card now. When it rains it pours...

[986 Girl]

As just a general statement.... you should always only let people learn how to drive manual on a clutch you do not care about. I've taught a number of people how to stick shift, and let me tell you... they can very easily cost you a new one.

Best of luck!

[Bavarian Motorist]

First off, I got her back today, and WOW she feels BRAND NEW. In fact, I don't even remember her feeling like this new.


They said some bolts were loose in the clutch line or something and it was fixed under warranty.


OK, I have a question --


My car has always had a low clutch engagement point. Very low actually (made it easy to drive to be honest). I have been test driving cars a lot lately and I've had trouble driving them because their clutch release points are so high.


Now that I got my car back, it feels as smooth as new, but also, the clutch engagement point is VERY high now! I honestly thought something was wrong w/ my car at first.


What can be the cause of this? Not that something is wrong now, but what can be different now?