My mate thinks less than 20K on a clutch is disgusting, his 911 has got 79K on it and still going strong.

Every Scooby i have had (3) has had a clutch with less thamn 20K on it.

What do you Scooby owners think ? should we all buy Porsche or give our dealers a hard time as the rest of the warranty is 60K

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[Edited by steve77 - 12/17/2002 1:00:33 PM]

 

It's a common problem when cold.
Nothing serious.
A quick blast when the car is warm cures it.
I've had no probs on mine since I upgraded to a P1 clutch I have to say tho.

 

My last car - 1996 Nissan 200 SX 200bhp turbo - had 89k on the original clutch when I sold it and it was still going strong.

If nissan can do it why can't subaru?

 

Stuff it, lets all buy a porsche.

 

My dealer stated it was because they are not allowed to use Asbesdos anymore .... So how does that make a difference ... everyone else gets it right ! ? ! ?

 

They don't use asbestos to build houses any more, but mine don't judder. Lets face it, it is a design flaw that for some bizzar reason Subaru/IM can't be a??ed to do anything about.

At the end of the day, we love Subaru's because they are different, and with that you take the rough with the smooth - I'm not saying we should accept this weak point but from someone who used to drive 2CV's for fun, the compromise is is worth it.

 

i have an ACT with a 2100 lb pressure plate, i have learned to drive around the clutch chatter but if i slip up for a second it's there.

jeremy

 

I'm on my 3rd Scoob and only the current one has clutch judder (only when cold). 2nd car was/is (still got it) import and 1st was boggo 1.8 - still had perfectly good original clutch when sold at 120k miles!

 

I have this problem with my MY01 at the moment, definately when its cold and even sometimes when its warm and I am pulling away gently from the lights with 1-1.5k revs!
Asked my dealer to check it last week while it was in for an oil change, he could not find anything wrong and sods law when he tested it when I was in the car it did not do it!!
Saying that I have only had the car for 14000km and its now up to 40,000km so I guess a clutch replacement is possible after this amount of km depending on how it was driven by the previous owner, although the previous owner was the dealership director and I think he looked after the car.

Regards,

John.

 

My dealer has agreed to replace the clutch without question as it still under the 20K warranty