PLEASE can you answer this question for me?

[Hulababy]

Hi all.

As some of you know I am having problems with my car, Smart ForFour, and currently have legal proceddings against them to recover costs.

I need to do some research to help our case.

Our clutch and fly wheel broke on our Smart ForFour. I need to find out if anyone lse has had to change a flywheerl and when.

Clutch Life Expectancy

1. How old is your car?

1. What make is your car?

1. How many miles has your car done?

1. What type of driving do you do generally - motorway, town/city, rural, mixed, etc?

1. Do you ride the clutch?

1. Have you had to change your clutch?

1. How old/number of miles had you done at that point?

1. Where there any other reasons for the clutch going?

1. If applicable, did the manufacturer cover it under your warranty? If not, why not?

Thank you. I need to get as many responses as possible.

13
Toyota
80,000
mixed
a bit
no

1. 4

2.VW Passat

1. 28K
2. town - short trips
3. no
4. no
5. n/a
6. n/a
7. n/a

HTH

My vague answers which may not help much are:

1- about 10 years
2 - Rover 820 sdi
3 - MANY MANY (sorry, can't see trip from my desk!)
4 -Currently town and rural, some motorway (don't know what it used to do before we bought it!!)
5 -I do at times yes [guilty]
6 - No
7 - not relevant as no new clutch
8 - as above
9 - and again!

1. How old is your car? - 4 years

1. What make is your car? Citroen Xsara

1. How many miles has your car done? erm about 28000

1. What type of driving do you do generally - motorway, town/city, rural, mixed, etc? - mixed

1. Do you ride the clutch? - Er yes

1. Have you had to change your clutch? - no

1. How old/number of miles had you done at that point? n/a

1. Where there any other reasons for the clutch going? n/a

1. If applicable, did the manufacturer cover it under your warranty? If not, why not?

n/a

Thanks so far. All very useful

1. How old is your car? - 10 years

1. What make is your car? Ford Galaxy

1. How many miles has your car done? About 85,000

1. What type of driving do you do generally - motorway, town/city, rural, mixed, etc? Mainly town - occasional longer trip

1. Do you ride the clutch? Not sure what this means (can you elaborate??)

1. Have you had to change your clutch? No

1. How old/number of miles had you done at that point? N/A

1. Where there any other reasons for the clutch going? N/A

1. If applicable, did the manufacturer cover it under your warranty? If not, why not?

Don't know.

If you could elaborate on "riding the clutch", could answer that too.

Ride the cltuch - hold down clutch whilst still moving, such as in heavy traffic, coming up to turnings/traffic lights, holding on the bite at junctions/traffic lights especially on hills, etc.

1. 2003

1. Ford Ka

1. 17,000

1. mixed

1. No

1. No

7, 8, 9: N/A

Oh I do the hills bit. Don't think I do the rest of the time. Will have to concentrate next time I'm driving!

1. 9 years
2. ford fiesta (dp's car!)
3. 68000
4. mixed
5. yes sometimes
6. no

BUMP. Please can as many people as possible help me. I need as many asnwers as possible.

1. How old is your car? 6 years

1. What make is your car? Peugeot 406 estate

1. How many miles has your car done? 74,000

1. What type of driving do you do generally - motorway, town/city, rural, mixed, etc? rural/town

1. Do you ride the clutch? No

1. Have you had to change your clutch? No

1. How old/number of miles had you done at that point? n/a

1. Where there any other reasons for the clutch going? n/a

1. If applicable, did the manufacturer cover it under your warranty? If not, why not?

1. How old is your car? - 2001

1. What make is your car? - Toyota Avensis

1. How many miles has your car done? - approx 60K

1. What type of driving do you do generally - motorway, town/city, rural, mixed, etc? motorway & mixed (60% motorway till recently)

1. Do you ride the clutch? - Isn't that what it's there for

1. Have you had to change your clutch? - NO

MY CAR DH CAR
2003 2000
Ford Focus saloon Mercedes SL320
46k miles 95k miles
Mixed 90% motorway
No No
No No
Na Na
Na Na
Na Na

Maybe if everyone puts their dh/dp's car details in as well, that will help?

DH's car

9 years old
Rover 416i
100,000 odd
Mainly town, some longer trips
He probably does!
No
N/A
N/A
N/A

4
vauxall
about 70k
mixed
don't think so
no
n/a

Oh bollocks, that didn't work out well - I typed it out in two nice neat columns but it didn't turn out like that. Hope it makes sense.

mumblechum - I can work that out, thanks.

So no new clutches yet then? And all cars older/more miles than mine I think. Hmmm.

1. 2 years
2. VW passat
3. 56k
4. mixed
5. yes, constantly
6. no
7. n/a
8. n/a
9. n/a

Car is diesel, don't know if this makes a difference?

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Just over a year

Mini Cooper

Just over 10,000

mixed

I have an automatic

1. How old is your car?

8 years

1. What make is your car?

Toyota

1. How many miles has your car done?

70k

1. What type of driving do you do generally - motorway, town/city, rural, mixed, etc?

Small town/rural

1. Do you ride the clutch?

Yes sometimes though try not to

1. Have you had to change your clutch?

No

1. How old/number of miles had you done at that point?

We have had it 4 years and done 23k in it, so no clutch during that time.

1. Where there any other reasons for the clutch going? N/A

1. If applicable, did the manufacturer cover it under your warranty? If not, why not? N/A

Thanks everyone. Can we keep them coming - the more the better!

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1. 8yrs

1. Toyota Avensis Estate

1. 75000

1. Mixed

1. A bit

1. No

1. N/A

1. N/A

1. N/A