Clutch

Brommo

I have recently bought a 2nd hand car (5/6 weeks ago)
I've subsequently been told that the clutch is slipping although I have not felt it or seen any signs of this.
If I require the clutch to be replaced, is the dealer responsible for the cost because it must have been sold with an underlying problem. 

AdrianC

Not necessarily.

How old is the car?

foxy-stoat

Who has told you the clutch is slipping?

Brommo

The car is a 60 plate so around 9 years old. 
It was a very well known brand (they also sale bicycles) that said about the clutch slipping but I'm not entirely convinced 

EdGasketTheSecond

When warm, go straight from 1st gear to third and hit the accelerator. If the engine speeds up but the car doesn't, then the clutch is slipping.

AdrianC

Brommo said:

The car is a 60 plate so around 9 years old.

So the question is whether it would be reasonable to expect a clutch to start slipping on a 9yo car, if you'd owned it from new...

patman99

A good test that is used by garages is to pull on the handbrake, rev the car up to 4000 rpm, put it in 1st gear then slowly raise the clutch. If the revs drop, clutch is fine. Try it in reverse gear as well.

Could be that your car has a dual mass flywheel and it is slipping a bit when wet. Mine has been doing this for 3 years, but the DMF has been checked and is perfectly ok.