Mk3 Mondeo - premature clutch wear?

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Mon 15 Nov 2004 21:12
Mk3 Mondeo - premature clutch wear? - Pad
Evening everybody...

I was wondering if anyone has heard about late model Mondeos (petrol) wearing out clutches? My father in law was incensed today when he received a bill for £670 for a replacement clutch on a 2.0 Zetec, which is just over 3 yrs old and covered 36000 miles. He has owned it from new - I appreciate it is a wearing part and longevity will vary, but 36K seems far too short to me..

Any one else have any experience of this?

Cheers,
Pad
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Mon 15 Nov 2004 21:33
Mk3 Mondeo - premature clutch wear? - kithmo
My 2001 2.5 V6 has covered 48,000 miles with no problems and my previous Mk1 1.8 petrol had done 78,000 miles on the same clutch when I sold it, both cars being subject to lots of short journeys (plenty of gear changes) and very little motorway miles. I think clutch wear is down to individual driving style, if it was a faulty clutch I think it would have let go a lot sooner than 36,000 miles.
(tell him to stop doing burn-outs in front of the lads ;-))
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Tue 16 Nov 2004 20:16
Mk3 Mondeo - premature clutch wear? - Wales Forester
May be too late now, but, if the work has been carried out by a Ford dealer and the car has been serviced to schedule, Ford themselves may offer some financial assistance considering the low mileage.

PP
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Wed 17 Nov 2004 13:05
Mk3 Mondeo - premature clutch wear? - Pad
It was replaced at a Ford main agent, they said that it was down to wear, not faultly parts so no joy there. I always suspected that driving style came into it, I didnt mention it in my first post to see if there was a barrage of 'yes, Ive had the same problem' replies. I have also done some snooping around and can find no evidence that this is a recurring problem.

Cheers for the responses,
Pad

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