3Pedalsand4Wheeldrive
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About a week ago I was driving on the highway and my clutch immediately started slipping which shoot the rpms up to the high end of the rev range in 6th gear. Moments later there was a major bang and the clutch pedal was stuck all the way to the floor and obviously none of the gears would engage.
The next day after a night of waiting for AAA and sitting on the side of the highway I was informed by my dealer that the clutch and transmission were fried and they would both need to be replaced and it would not be covered under warranty. They claim from abuse and neglect offroad I let the clutch heat up beyond its limits causing the ”protection plate” to overheat and give out which severely damaged the transmission.
Now I very well may be misguided but I can tell you that any sort of offroading that had happened was not the cause for this to occur. The last time the clutch was under any sort of relative stress would have been at least 6 months and 10k miles ago and I have not had any issues until this. The only reason I suppose they thought this was the issue is because they found some mud on the undercarriage.
I don’t really know where to go from here because they want around 7 thousand dollars for the repair and obviously that’s a lot to pay out of pocket.
The next day after a night of waiting for AAA and sitting on the side of the highway I was informed by my dealer that the clutch and transmission were fried and they would both need to be replaced and it would not be covered under warranty. They claim from abuse and neglect offroad I let the clutch heat up beyond its limits causing the ”protection plate” to overheat and give out which severely damaged the transmission.
Now I very well may be misguided but I can tell you that any sort of offroading that had happened was not the cause for this to occur. The last time the clutch was under any sort of relative stress would have been at least 6 months and 10k miles ago and I have not had any issues until this. The only reason I suppose they thought this was the issue is because they found some mud on the undercarriage.
I don’t really know where to go from here because they want around 7 thousand dollars for the repair and obviously that’s a lot to pay out of pocket.
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