My clutch went up on my 2018 JL with 31K miles. Over 3K to repair. We have drove sticks our entire life. This is unacceptable. NO support from Jeep.
Same happened to us on our 2018 with 31K miles. We have driven sticks our entire life.
My brand new 2021 Jeep Sahara had the catastrophic blowup with just shy of 12,000 miles. The safety recall software was done in March 2021 on my first servicing appt. My friend, after dropping me off for a medical appt, in my Jeep, was trying to drive home to wait for call to pick me up. Didnât get 2 miles and everything went south. Lucky she wasnât hurt or that Jeep didnât catch fire. Jeep is seizing on fact that I wasnât driving, claiming my friendâs inability to drive stick correctly caused the clutch to fail.At first, some were coming of the line improperly bled. The first recall addressed that. The second recall is a safeguard to prevent catastrophic failure should slippage generate too much heat. Some who have replaced their clutch with aftermarket speculate that lack of a pilot bearing could be to blame. (This was only discovered when the first Centerforce guinea pigs hit the scene.) If the pressure plate has even a little wobble, it could be making contact on the âlowâ side. In reality, though, no one knows because Jeep wonât say.
At a dealer yes. They wanted $1000 just for the stock clutch. It's a joke. I paid $1100 for a dual friction centerforce clutch and installed it myself.
Hopefully the Centerforce clutch works well for you. I'm still not a believer in the stock clutch setup and may be going down the same path as you. I have 270K on my original Civic clutch and had 150K on my S-10 before it went back in the day. It'll be interesting to see how this Mopar clutch holds up.
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Jeep Cares has already declined my claim, agreeing with the service dept that driver error is to blame. Area Service Rep also had investigated and came to same conclusion. Now dealer says theyâll pay my deductible if my insurance company pays for the repair. Adjuster came out yesterday without notifying me to allow me the opportunity to be there when he examined the vehicle. I guess Jeep prefers to wait to act on this until someone loses life or limb.
Thanks for sharing. Through my nightmare, I was wondering if my outcome would have been different if I told them I was the driver. Based on your experience, it wouldnât have.
Did you end up replacing it at your cost? If so, with FCA parts or aftermarket?
I'm curious if you had any symptoms of clutch failure? I have 270K miles on a Civic clutch and I can feel a little slipping on it when it's cold in the morning. Before my S-10 clutch failed at 140K miles I could smell it burning a little (throw out bearing seized on input shaft). The reason I ask is that the "bite" on this clutch is indiscernible, I'm just learning where it is. I'd figure if I was burning the clutch out there would be that burning clutch smell.
Since Jeep has screwed me on this entire fiasco, I had the Jeep towed to the mechanic that initially noted all the damage. Theyâll source after-market when possible. I really donât care about FCA at this point.
In my case, on my previous clutch cars, I only knew the clutch was failing because it became hard to get into gear. On my 2021 Jeep, my friend said she never smelled anything until she was rolling to the shoulder of a 6-lane highway.
Did they explain what the "user error" was? I figure you didn't take a 5000 mile trip resting your foot on the clutch at 80mph.
