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• Toyota Avensis (2003 - 2008) - General question on Toyota oil sludging 15 Jul 2009 (Forum)
  Hi folks, I have read many reports on Toyota engines sludging their oil and self destructing, mainly from the US where Toyota are involved in a class action with thousands of owners. There may also be an issue with dual mass flywheels on the diesels. I am thinking of buying a Toyota Avensis
• Volkswagen Golf IV (1998 - 2004) - Golf clutch faulty 23 Oct 2007 (Forum)
  been suckered in by the main agent before. After all a clutch only lasting 6 months and less than 10,000 miles. The mechanic said they always fit a new flywheel with a new cluth -Dual Mass- £380, ouch. I used to be in the car game and have changed many clutches but never a flywheel, a new way to get
• any - Does anyone ever ask the dealer? 25 May 2011 (Forum)
  Now that i'm retired, i look at a few forums, and this one i have found helpful, regarding dual mass flywheels and diesel particulate filters, and wonder sometimes, are some people scared of going to their main dealer even when the car is under warranty? I have seen both sides of the motor trade
• DMF - Petrol and diesels? 20 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  Use of dual mass flywheels on diesels is now commonplace and has the potential to give rise to well documented problems. I thought I read somewhere that they are also used (or starting to be used) with some petrol engines? Does anybody have any insights? Will a DMF in a petrol last longer
• Volkswagen Golf IV (1998 - 2004) - 98 1.6 Judder on letting clutch out, no slipping, 14 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  = heavily lugging engine. I understand this car has a dual mass flywheel. Could this juddering be a failing flywheel? Even though the clutch seems fine. No noises or vibrations in the clutch pedal with foot on the pedal, with pedal pressed half way, or with clutch pedal on the floor. Only symptom i can
• Mondeo - Auto vs manual mondeo 30 Jul 2014 (Forum)
  the engines as such as I'm looking for the diesel version but I am very concerned about clutch/DMF failure and so I was wondering if an automatic Mondeo diesel would be the way to go as I've heard that they don't have a dual mass flywheel.  Any advice would be welcome.
• Peugot 307 cc 2.0 HDI. 2006 - Hdi missing a beat and sounding like diesel knock 10 May 2014 (Forum)
  Hi, I've recently had a new dual mass flywheel and clutch fitted by a local garage and since then the car tends to miss a beat and sounds like diesel knock ( intermittent ). The car starts and runs, idles without a flicker, then when pulling away I start experiencing the stutter. It shows
• Mondeo TDCi DMF 14 May 2006 (Forum)
  At 55k I have been told that I need a new dual mass flywheel owing to starter motor failing to throw into the ring gear. My queries are 1)Should the bell housing be full of carbon dust from the dmf pads. 2) Should I be seeing metal to metal scuff marks just to the inside of where the carbons pads
• Ford C-MAX (2003 - 2010) - 2.0 TDCi - 4th year warranty worth it? 26 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  written on? Reason behind move is it's a common rail diesel, so I'd like to be covered if anything along the lines of turbo, dual-mass flywheel etc etc. gives up! Thanks as ever.
• Peugeot 207 HDI - Pug 207 1.6 HDI: clutch gone 5 Sep 2010 (Forum)
  to charge him £100 just to inspect the damage but before he takes it in I was wondering if this model has a dual mass flywheel which could cost him £1,000+ to repair? I also noticed through Google that there may be a known problem with Peugeot clutch assemblies?
• Polls on Motoring Issues 26 May 2008 (Forum)
  I don't know if this site has the facility to do it but carrying out polls would be most interesting. Now, I don't see this as polling on political issues, more on those issues relating to car reliability that cause so much concern. I can immediately think of polling owners of cars with dual mass
• Audi A6 2.0 TDi - Trying to get Audi goodwill payment 19 Aug 2010 (Forum)
  HI there, its been a long time since I posted here. Last August we bought an A6 2.0 TDi from Teesside Audi, with about 33k on it. Despite reading HJ's review about the clutch/Dual Mass flywheel, I wasn't too concerned as both my wife and I seem to quite good with clutchs, having two
• BMW 320D SPORT 2004 - BMW 320D Does Dual Mass Flywheel needs replacing? 6 Sep 2010 (Forum)
  Hi All, My car has been making a strange noise for about the past 40,000 miles when releasing the clutch in Neutral.  I have been told this is...
• Opel/Vauxhall Vectra 2007 1.9 cdti 88kw man 6. - Vectra 1.9 cdti loud whining noise from engine 1 Feb 2015 (Forum)
  Hi Everyone, I just experienced yesterday a strange whining noise from engine when we arrived home. It was continuos with some stops for some seconds, we also noticed that it disappeared when pushing clutch. Dual mass flywheel was replaced 4000 miles ago. The noise is very loud when
• Vauxhall Vectra C - Intermittant Starting Problem/Clutch pedel colapse 8 Oct 2013 (Forum)
  the pedal back up and re engage the clutch, and the car starts and then works fine for a number of days before the problem reoccurs. It had a new clutch and dual mass Flywheel fitted 18 months ago. It is puzzling me as I didn't think the clutch not working would stop the car from starting. Anyone any ideas?
• Ford Mondeo Estate - Should I replace the DMF now or wait? 27 Jul 2013 (Forum)
  I've recently been getting a 'honking' sound when I change down gears (usually from 3rd to 2nd). My local garage thinks it sounds like a dual mass flywheel problem and says that it will cost a minimum of £1,000 to replace/ sort. My car is a 2006 with 110,000 on the clock so I don't really
• DMF and Stop/Start Technology 24 Mar 2010 (Forum)
  i was doing a little research into Dual Mass Flywheels the other day.  Some of the information came from Wikipedia, so i can't vouch for it's accuracy, but more than one website suggested the following.  on the proviso that the driver of a DMF equipped vehicle drives it with some
• Peugeot 407 (2004 - ) - 05 2.0HDi - Slipping Clutch? 28 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  is slipping because of 'fair wear and tear' that I will be faced with a £700+ bill. For a 2 year old clutch? Has anyone experienced the fault before and successfully had the clutch (or dual mass flywheel!) replaced at Peugeot's expense? I understand that under 20K miles it's automatic that the clutch
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 2002 1.8 TDCi cutting out... 28 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  be a sign of - dual mass flywheel issues, and/or injector problems?
• VW Passat (Should I Change) 29 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  Should I replace my passat 54 plate 130bhp 24000 miles. I have had issues with notchy gears on the car for about 8 months. In the 8 months the garage has upgraded the oil in the gearbox, changed the gearbox and finally changed the dual mass flywheel and replaced the clutch. All under warranty