clutch failure 6 months out of warranty

forgotmyname

LUK quality possibly not an LUK kit.

LUK Flywheel will be £250 on its own.. Another £150+ for the LUK clutch kit

4 hours work for £93 minus fluids etc?

GolfBravo

forgotmyname wrote: »

LUK quality possibly not an LUK kit.

LUK Flywheel will be £250 on its own.. Another £150+ for the LUK clutch kit

4 hours work for £93 minus fluids etc?

Part numbers selected from LUK online catalogue, genuine LUK parts then purchased from carparts4less.co.uk

624 3231 00 Clutch Kit LuK SAC £103.08 (ZF Sachs spec equivalent)
415 0225 10 Flywheel LuK ZMS £228.02 (ZMS = Zweimassenschwungrad = dual mass flywheel)
411 0159 10 Screw Set, flywheel £2.22 (LUK)

Courier delivery £0

Labour £160

Total £493.32

No transmission oil change required (changed it myself last year).

PS
2 Citroen garages quoted £1300 for a genuine clutch kit (made by Sachs) and DMF (made by LUK anyway, also sold as a Valeo part), or £1200 for "non-genuine" (LUK). Two local mechanics wanted £900 and £850+. Didn't even bother with Mr. Clutch.

As Cosmo Kramer says: retail is for suckers

arcon5

Problem is op, after 6 months they can request you prove the clutch has failed because of an inherent fault rather than mi-use or wear and tear for example. So you'd need a mechanic to diagnose and offer a professional opinion on the cause - you should be able to recover the cost of this from them.

In my opinion, the dealer should be replacing the clutch at no charge to you. A clutch should not fail naturally at 4200 miles! Even at 42k miles I think you'd have a case of getting a contribution towards it.

(Assuming here you haven't killed it yourself through poor driving or something)

Wh05apk

Although low mileage, I can't see there being any come back on this, the car is 3 1/2 years old with 4,200 miles, that is less than 24 miles per week on average, so unless the car is only used once a month for a decent trip, would imply numerous short trips, possibly being stood for lengthy periods in between, if the failure was due to a manufacturing defect, it surely would have failed a long time ago?

OddballJamie

Would've been cheaper to travel by taxi for those 4,200 miles.

Prothet_of_Doom

4200 is an insane point for a clutch to fail, and any manufacturer, should ignore thier own t&c's and just fix it, because, hey it doesn't cost either the dealer or the manufacturer £500. Clutch probably costs about £50 to make, labour is probably 2 or 4 hours.
A goodwill gesture will cost them £100. About the same profit they'll make from the overpriced service.
Reputations need protecting. If you want a good reputation, which will sell more cars, you need to work hard on it. £100 or £500 spent now, might mean that you go back, and your mates go back and you don't slag them off but praise them to other people.
It's the best advertising. Bloke at work has a Honda Jazz, 2 months out of warranty, and the rear window switch failed. He'd never actually used the window, so it might have not ever worked. Fixed and a free car provided.
Next car ? Jazz or Fiesta ?

Prothet_of_Doom

Wh05apk wrote: »

Although low mileage, I can't see there being any come back on this, the car is 3 1/2 years old with 4,200 miles, that is less than 24 miles per week on average, so unless the car is only used once a month for a decent trip, would imply numerous short trips, possibly being stood for lengthy periods in between, if the failure was due to a manufacturing defect, it surely would have failed a long time ago?

I owned a car that had done 27K in 8 years and over the next 8 I took it to 100K when the clutch failed.

I know the first 27K was short local town trips, by a pensioner, but the 100K included teaching someone to drive, and lots of abuse by yours truely.

Morally the requirement for a clutch must be compared to the demographic of purchasers, many of whom buy a fiesta to do short local trips. So it should be assumed by the clutch designer that there will be lots of gear changing and lots of stop start motoring.

Retrogamer

For the people that are stating the garage should 100% replace the clutch, check this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kHEWzxSEWw

Should the garage replace the clutch on this car if it failed after low miles?

jobdone1

Problem is unless you buy a good quality clutch and get some one to fit it then you are playing with fire. Their is a lot of cheap c**p clutches on the market and they are used by some garages to make more profit. Standard

Lum

fivetide wrote: »

One careful lady owner....

Hey watch it.

I've had two clutch replacements in my entire lifetime, one was on my first car which I'll openly admit was my fault, and the second was only done because we happened to have the engine out anyway, so why the hell not given the new one was only 30 quid.