This Vauxhall has been used as a driving school car it has covered 33.000 miles on a 1.3 eco flex engine , this last week it is noticeable that the clutch slips in high gears when asked to make progress , I know its use is heavy and varied but would it be considered normal to be slipping at such low mileage , I had a citreon saxo from new that did 125,000 before it did anything and that was a school car to, Any views
{58 changed to 08, as the question asked for year of manufacture, not vehicle reg prefix}
{Which Vauxhall btw? You didn't chose a make from the drop down menu}
Edited by Dynamic Dave on 23/11/2009 at 09:34
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You're right to think that 33k is early. Check if the car is fitted with a DMF (Dual Mass Flywheel) as failure of this expensive part can cause premature clutch failure. Does it sometimes start erratically? Does it hesitate to start? Otherwise if the clutch is really worn I suspect that your car was an ex-demo and subjected to hard use prior to being sold to you!
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I suspect that your car was an ex-demo and subjected to hard use prior to being sold to you!
I suspect it being an ex school of motoring car had more to do with it having a hard life. Obviously cars are built better these days than when I passed my test, but BSM used to trade theirs in before they reached 20,000 miles as the clutches, gearboxes, and steering components were often subject to excessive abuse by all the learner drivers.
Can the OP let me (or the other mods) know the car's model, so it can be edited in for you.
Edited by Dynamic Dave on 23/11/2009 at 09:39
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I am going to guess that the OP is the driving instructor and that it is his/her car. Although 33,000 miles is low and you would expect a clutch to last much longer I suspect that you would be on a hiding to nothing if you wanted Vauxhall to repair it under warranty or make a goodwill contribution. First of all they will say that a clutch is a wear and tear item and as soon as they make the connection that it is a driving school car I suspect that will really give them room to argue against assisting you towards the cost of repair. The only saving grace is if it turns out to be a faulty component that has caused the clutch wear, but you are going to have to commit to funding them to take the 'box out with a view to being liable for cost of the entire job if no fault is found.
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my driving instructer clipped me round the ear if he saw me riding the clutch
any customers on test drives with me are told straight away too
doesnt take long with a modern clutch to wear it out especially one of those inverted plate take up play easy watsit types no bother have it done in a wisk sir only 400 dooberies
bring back the old type gearbox vauxhall where you could pull back the motion shaft and change the plate in 30 minutes
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Indeed I managed to burn out my old clutch very quickly just by so many bad practices. Thankfully the old people from HJ have drummed into me now never ride the clutch. Most ADIs seem to insist that their pupils sit at the lights with the clutch down :(. Although that probably doesn't wear out the plate as such it can't do the release bearings any goode
The main problem here is due to how new the car is it will probably have to be done at a dealer, Vauxhall wanted over £200 for two new shocks (which is an easy job on my car) so I reckon a clutch will set you back £400ish :(
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vauxhall where you could pull back the motion shaft and change the plate in 30 minutes
I left my MkII Cav at a backstreet clutch specialist one lunchtime, come 5pm he hadn't touched it. He jacked it up as I stood there, his mate sat in the car pressing the pedal when he was told, and they had it done and back on the floor in 10 minutes flat. He told me his record was 6 minutes on his mum's Nova.
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I left my MkII Cav at a backstreet clutch specialist one lunchtime come 5pm he hadn't touched it. He jacked it up as I stood there his mate sat in the car pressing the pedal when he was told and they had it done and back on the floor in 10 minutes flat. He told me his record was 6 minutes on his mum's Nova.
Cavs / Astras / Novas of that era were cars with properly designed clutches that didn't need the gearbox removing first. Brilliant idea!
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