Clutch failure at 27k miles

[bronsin]

Definately driver driven problem.

My own clutches longevity:

1974 VW Beetle 250,000 miles clutch and driven plate, new throwout bearing 125k.

1975 BMW R90/6 153,000 miles, everything

1992 Honda ST1100 109,000 miles, everything

I have NEVER personally wore out a clutch in 40 years of driving.

[jazzyb88]

Originally Posted by bronsin

Definately driver driven problem.

My own clutches longevity:

1974 VW Beetle 250,000 miles clutch and driven plate, new throwout bearing 125k.

1975 BMW R90/6 153,000 miles, everything

1992 Honda ST1100 109,000 miles, everything

I have NEVER personally wore out a clutch in 40 years of driving.

I'll wait and see what the garage say, but if something in the assembly has snapped, rather than worn out, that to me indicates a manufacturing fault. If it is something like the friction plate wearing out, then yes, would look like driver error.

Also, the Aygo/C1/107 forums are littered with threads on this. The C1 owners club, for example, has gone so far to produce their own clutch kits built to a different spec than the manufacturer!

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by bronsin

I have NEVER personally wore out a clutch

I don't think I have either. Off the top of my head, I think of 5 manual transmission cars I've owned....4 of them purchased new with about 720,000 miles combined put on all 4 of them (3 of the 4 with 151,000 miles or more) and just under 30k (IIRC) on the 5th one (which I imagine had had a clutch replacement at some point before my ownership) before the engine 'exploded' while I was driving across the Mojave Desert (on my way to Las Vegas to celebrate New Year's Eve).