The clutch has recently burnt out on my MY06 WRX. The dealer has stripped it down and says there is nothing else wrong with the car that could have caused the probelm and therefore it won't be covered under the warranty. Although I would not claim to be a perfect driver, I can't accept that the Clutch has burnt out due to bad driving after only 3000 miles. So thought I'd check if anyone else has had a similar problem and what the cause is likely to be.

 

theres your problem then, your sh*t at driving, you wrote the answer in your question thats that sorted

 

OK 34srm, admit it was badly worded. What I'm saying is that the dealer is affectivley accusing me of bad driving, which is not the case. The car has been used for normal driving and I've never had a clutch problem in 20 years. Clearly there must be a defect that the dealer hasn't noticed when it was stripped down. Just wanted to know if there any common faults or if anyone else has had a similar problem. Any constructive advice would be appreciated.

 

I have had a standard clutch last about the same milleage mate, 02 WRX

 

3K miles out of a clutch is horrific; especially if the car is at stock power levels. I find it hard to accept that something wasn't right in these instances. Even if you rode the clutch at every junction, you'd expect more life out of it than that!

Ns04

 

My thoughts too mate, it was on Standardish 02WRX, gone within three months, fitted by a "specialist". Wen to API after that and never looked back after having exedy

 

G/F has a 98 Fiesta and she rides the clutch on hills and never uses neutral at a standstill (I say nothing) so it gets a hard time. Done 90k miles and still bites OK. There must be something fundamentally wrong with your clutch mechanism possibly causing it to slip all the time leading to burnout.

 

Ask them to check the condition of your tyres and brakes!

 

my clutch gets well abused, track days etc... just gone through 106600 miles on my my01 with PPP and tweeks

 

As above my UK Turbo used to get cained to within an inch of its life daily, trackdays, dragstrips etc and the clutch lasted 74,000 !