Toyota Aygo clutch failure after just 8000 miles

My mum had a horrible experience yesterday. She was driving up a hill and the car started rolling backwards! She braked and stopped, but couldn't get the car to move forward in first gear. Some of her...

Ford Fiesta ST clutch failure

I bought a new Ford Fiesta ST in March ago. Last week the car was losing power. I called the AA and was told that the clutch was slipping. The car was taken back to the supplying dealer, but they say I...

Can we reject a car after clutch failure?

One of my relatives bought a 14 month old Nissan Note three weeks ago from a Ford dealer. The vehicle was a previous fleet car, and had 14,000 mile on the clock. After driving less than 300 miles the clutch...

Dual mass flywheel failure on Ford Focus

The clutch on my Ford Focus was changed 12 months ago. The car has the 1.6 TDCI diesel engine. Last week there was a loud rattle and vibration from the engine and I have been told it is a flywheel problem....

Clutch failure - should the classic dealer pay for repairs?

I've just bought a restored 1971 Porsche 911t from a specialist dealer for £70,000. After just 100 miles the clutch failed and I had the car recovered to them. The dealer has now issued a pro forma for...

Honda CR-V clutch failure - should the dealer pay for the repair?

We bought A Honda CRV 2.2 diesel 18 months ago with 11,000 miles on the clock from a main dealership. Since buying the car we have added 7000 miles, approximately 800 of those towing a caravan (well within...

Should the dealer replace my clutch FOC?

I had a complete burn out of the clutch on my 2013 Volkswagen Golf manual at 40,000 miles. Volkswagen are refusing to cover it under the warranty because they could not identify a manufacturing fault....

Hyundai Tuscon clutch failure at 3500 miles

I own a 2015 Hyundai Tuscon 2.0 diesel with 3500 miles on the clock. Recently the clutch burned out suddenly and completely whilst reversing my caravan. The caravan weighs 1400kg - which is well below...

Local garage has broken our clutch - what should we do?

We are the second owners of 2001 Toyta Yaris 1.3 with 120k on the clock. The clutch started to go at end of last year and it was replaced by a local garage. Following that we started to notice that the...

What's classified as wear and tear?

My 2011 Volkswagen Scirocco 2.0 TDI has just cost £1798 to get the clutch rebuilt and the flywheel replaced after the slave cylinder exploded and contaminated the clutch. My local dealer terms this as...