The first gen / run of Aygos were notorious for eating clutches. Thread here from last year with a couple of us discussing it.
2 year old Audi A3 / 33k miles = clutch gone :(
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The first gen / run of Aygos were notorious for eating clutches. Thread here from last year with a couple of us discussing it.
^ Aye, it could easily be a result of wear due to improper use. I can remember when I first passed in my first year of driving I was pretty much riding the clutch all the time, when waiting in traffic I would be in gear clutch down, in start stop traffic the same thing, I only did less than 2k miles, if I replicated that over 30k miles I would bet the clutch would be worn to the bones.
His is a 2014 one - not sure if that suffers from the same issues?
It shouldn't. As mentioned in the thread I linked, people replaced the first run with, or Toyota themselves upgraded to the beefier clutch used in the Yaris. The facelifted first gen continued using the Yaris part as far as I know. The second gen should still be using it.
It could just be because of your gramps deafness that he would kill clutches regardless
It shouldn't. As mentioned in the thread I linked, people replaced the first run with, or Toyota themselves upgraded to the beefier clutch used in the Yaris. The facelifted first gen continued using the Yaris part as far as I know. The second gen should still be using it.
It could just be because of your gramps deafness that he would kill clutches regardless
I think that's more likely
He changes his car every couple of years and they're always utterly ruined when he hands them back. I drove his Aygo a few miles last time I met up with him and it felt like a 20 year old car.
That is not riding the clutch.
It is, because the clutch is partially engaged and is rubbing with flywheel when your hovering on the biting edge. Also when in start stop traffic I would never actually fully release the clutch when lurching forward.
Clutch down is not riding the clutch.
Calm down fella, he explained what he meant in the followup post, no need to reiterate.
Is it still classed as a fault though? If you bought a car with low tyre tread and a few months later it needed new tyres you can't argue it was a fault?
This is more like buying a car with decent tyre tread (which in some way was impossible to measure, but also having tyres you'd expect to last until at least 80k miles) and them lasting 2 months of low mileage use.
Yes you could have been doing donuts and burnouts in car parks to wear them out, or somehow the car was defective in a way to wear them out through normal use.
Convincing the garage might be difficult but talking to CAB would be a good next step
Under the sale of goods act items should be fit for purpose and last a reasonable length of time. A clutch failing in such a short time clearly warrants attention from the seller.
I'm not saying the OP is guaranteed any sort of favourable outcome but it's worth a go.
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its really not worth even the stupid amount of money its going to cost me
they (car dealer not audi) laid it on thick about buying "their" warranty (on top of a 3 month included one) and blah blah blah and it took me several repeated red face "no's" to get them to let me buy the bloody car without it
Knowing that if anything went wrong even with their crappy warranty it would be a waste of time - its not worth it when its expired and I didn't extend it
my scumbag car dealer scenes were on fire when I bought it (natural distrust of car salesman lol) but it was a nice car at a good price - other than the clutch audi say its in fine shape
No he didn't. he specifically started his reply with "It is" and then proceeded to describe a different situation to what he was describing in the first place.
It isn't that hard to just admit you were wrong ( not you, the other guy)
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its really not worth even the stupid amount of money its going to cost me
they (car dealer not audi) laid it on thick about buying "their" warranty (on top of a 3 month included one) and blah blah blah and it took me several repeated red face "no's" to get them to let me buy the bloody car without it
Knowing that if anything went wrong even with their crappy warranty it would be a waste of time - its not worth it when its expired and I didn't extend it
my scumbag car dealer scenes were on fire when I bought it (natural distrust of car salesman lol) but it was a nice car at a good price - other than the clutch audi say its in fine shape
You didn't needed another warranty as the car was still covered by the manufacturer's warranty still. The dealer was trying to have your trousers down to lay out for the 2nd warranty.
Wrong about what? I didn't even go into details in the first instance, my follow up post should have explained what I meant, if you want to be pedantic then you can start by saying I was slipping the clutch too and entertain yourself pointlessly.
