The clutch has gone on my 2001 Honda Accord 2l Vtec

amistupid

Roughly how much should a garage charge to replace and fit?


Or is it time to ring the scrappy?

amistupid

No reples.....is that much!

hartcjhart

just asked my mechy,he reckons a garage will charge apx £350/£400

jase1

Four hours' labour plus the part (and a bit of profit for the garage on the part).

Clutch on this car looks like being £90:

http://www.onlineautomotive.co.uk/Products.aspx?CategoryID=55146

Labour is £30/hour at typical independent garage, so allowing for 5 hours that's £250-300.

£400 is a little on the high side given that the clutch itself is fairly reasonably-priced.

Is it worth it? Depends on the condition of the car. Usually, with an Accord, 10 years old = years of life left in it yet.

jase1

And you could conceivably get this cheaper as the going rate on ebay is £85 for this part, and if you supply yourself, the garage will only charge for the labour, so potentially as little as £200.

amistupid

Thank you very much for your replies.

Although it's ten yers old the body work is immaculate. We bought it from new with a full factory fitted body kit, and it looks, and up to now, drove lovely. It's only done 72000 miles so I can't understand why the clutch has gone so early we're both decent drivers and from what I can see on the internet it should be twice that mileage. I was hoping to get another couple of years from it. I've recently spent £200 on a full exhaust and it's just been tested and serviced for another £200. I'll contact the local garage tomorrow and see what they say.

Once again thanks for your help.

Adey.

jase1

72K isn't unheard of for a clutch. If the car has been used around town it will wear more quickly, although I admit I'd have expected it to be still good to 100K or so.

Has it failed or just worn out?

amistupid

jase1 wrote: »

And you could conceivably get this cheaper as the going rate on ebay is £85 for this part, and if you supply yourself, the garage will only charge for the labour, so potentially as little as £200.

I see on the net people have said it's labour intensive at least a five hour job, I'm just hoping the fly wheel isn't damaged, if it is that seems to wack the price up and I mght end up scrappng it.

jase1

Well at £30 an hour you can still get 10 hours out of them before the total cost exceeds £400......

amistupid

jase1 wrote: »

72K isn't unheard of for a clutch. If the car has been used around town it will wear more quickly, although I admit I'd have expected it to be still good to 100K or so.

Has it failed or just worn out?

I only noticed it today no inkling of it going before that, as soon as I got going it revved high in low gear and lost power/drive. I don't have to put the clutch to the floor for it to engage but there is a fair bit of play on it. I know very little about cars but I took it to my daughter's ex boyfriend (she packed him in today :mad:) who's a mechanic, he opened the bonnet and said it definitely snmelt as if the clutch had gone. Maybe with a push they'll make up and he'll do it for me cheap.

forgotmyname

Problem with buying the clutch for £85 and getting it fitted afterwards, If the clutch turns out to be faulty
you have to pay the labour charges again.

Just find a garage with a good reputation and get them to supply an fit. Any issues are then should be sorted
by them for free.