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3 clutches in 10,000 miles - anyone else ?


944tman

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One of my friends has been through 3 clutches in 10,000 miles, and has commissioned an engineer who found that the clutch was permanently loaded, hence casuing premature wear.

He's a car nut, the car is pristine, never tracked. Nissan say its down to driver abuse, we differ.

 

Does anyone else have any similar experiences ?

 

Please feel free to PM me if you want to keep this off record.

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Because we have had a clutch go at 7k I am interested to know how, having read this topic and also postings under the warranty topic , Nissan could blatantly turn around and say they had no other complaints about a clutch burning out at such a small mileage.

 

What is a slave cylinder, what does it do and can it be checked out to see if it is working properly .... ?

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I'm no mechanic, but I understand that the slave cylinder is what you operate via the clutch pedal and opens the clutch. If it doesn't retract fully the clutch operates as if your foot were on it permanently, slipping it. This increases wear. Its a fault basically, and no-one would expect a manufacturer to admit that its a known fault as it would open the flodgates, which is why we're having to take the matter to court.

 

If 'Trev the Rev' would like to pm me we'd be fascinated to talk to him - maybe we'll get a class action going here !

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