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Something is slipping....badly. Clutch? HELP, PLEASE!!
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<blockquote data-quote="smrtasp" data-source="post: 10624509" data-attributes="member: 14772"><p>I'm having to pay for a new one myself. I had one put in under warranty at 13K miles and 22K miles later the new one was slipping again. It spent 8 days at the first dealer without getting looked at and it’s been at the other one for 9 days and I can finally pick it up - obviously not covered under warranty. The clutch was worn down and dug into the flywheel so both had to be replaced. 2,400 retail for both pieces plus 900 in labor!!!. WTF on a $1,800 clutch that Ford doesn’t even make??? Fortunately the dealer is giving me cost +5% on the parts and a discount on the labor. Even the service rep found the pricing to be over the top and couldn’t charge me full price. </p><p></p><p>Funny enough, when I asked for a rep to look at the parts he said it’s just worn out but the new parts were a redesign that would work much better. I laughed and said all you just told me was that the original components were junk and needed to be redesigned, otherwise the same parts would still be in use and you should be cutting guys like me a break on this. The fact that you have to take off at 1500 + RPM to keep the thing from vibrating itself to pieces it likely the reason the thing wore out so early to begin with.</p><p></p><p>I can say that this is the first real service issue I have had with the car in the 3 years I have owned it so while I dont like having to pay for something like this, it wasn't going to last forever and I would have eventually needed to replace it. Let's hope this newer design is as good as everyone says it is.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smrtasp, post: 10624509, member: 14772"] I'm having to pay for a new one myself. I had one put in under warranty at 13K miles and 22K miles later the new one was slipping again. It spent 8 days at the first dealer without getting looked at and it’s been at the other one for 9 days and I can finally pick it up - obviously not covered under warranty. The clutch was worn down and dug into the flywheel so both had to be replaced. 2,400 retail for both pieces plus 900 in labor!!!. WTF on a $1,800 clutch that Ford doesn’t even make??? Fortunately the dealer is giving me cost +5% on the parts and a discount on the labor. Even the service rep found the pricing to be over the top and couldn’t charge me full price. Funny enough, when I asked for a rep to look at the parts he said it’s just worn out but the new parts were a redesign that would work much better. I laughed and said all you just told me was that the original components were junk and needed to be redesigned, otherwise the same parts would still be in use and you should be cutting guys like me a break on this. The fact that you have to take off at 1500 + RPM to keep the thing from vibrating itself to pieces it likely the reason the thing wore out so early to begin with. I can say that this is the first real service issue I have had with the car in the 3 years I have owned it so while I dont like having to pay for something like this, it wasn't going to last forever and I would have eventually needed to replace it. Let's hope this newer design is as good as everyone says it is. [/QUOTE]
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