My evo only has 3k on it and last night I noticed the clutch was starting to slip. I have been driving stick for about ten years and never seen a clutch go out this fast. I'm just a little annoyed because I never beat on the car nor do I launch it. I also don't ride the clutch or leave it engaged when sitting at lights. I'm going to take it to the dealer in the morning to see if I can get it covered under warranty. Anyone have any advice if the guys at the dealer give me any crap? I have seen several posts stating that the dealer would not cover this under the warranty even though it cleary states that the clutch is covered under a 1 year or 12k warranty.


Any help would be appreciated.

 

if it is in writting that there is a 1 yr 12,000 mile warr. on it and they won't replace it... Mention the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act.. and that you will be contacting your Laywer if they refuse to warranty it...

 

if u ask me its a poorly designed clutch... well actually it is a good design had the left the drivetrain alone from japan.... I tried to discuss this with the service manager but he just took it to offense, blew me off and told me to contact mitsubishi's engineers and talk to them.. sounded like he couldn't defend himself to me...

I believe that the 50/50 diff places too much load on the clutch, since this clutch is synthetic and the US evo is 20% heavier in the front then rear it seems to me that they should ahve redisgned the clutch before releasing the Evo to US market... but we all know how badly this car was rushed to get into the US... Japan sees the ACD which allows the drive train to adjust torque automaticly as well as a better 50/50 weight distribution.. And yes the exact same clutch found in our trannies... I don't hear many complaints from International owners about their clutchs...

 

Are the clutches that bad? I have seen a lot of posts on here about them going out but it seems like a lot of those people were abusing their vehicles. I owned a Type R a long time ago and the clutch in that lasted me at least 50k before I had to replace it. Is it worth paying to upgrade the clutch so I don't run into this again even if the dealer will fix it for free?

 

Another bunk clutch, where's CHRIS, usually he'd be here bashing your bad driving habits by now and calling you a baby for whining about the sh-ty stock clutch

 

seeing these posts, i notice one thing.. people claim in the past they've had so little problems with the clutch and they got so many years under their belt.. this may be true or not but i've noticed the past cars are mostly hondas or acuras.. i mean those cars just dont have much grunt in it, that it takes a major effort to destroy the clutch

 

try and explain this, if everyone thinks its abuse.... My friends VR4, stock clutch with about 400hp... alist of mods for days... car runs consistant 12.8's with 60ft's at 1.7-1.8

His clutch is 2-3 years old and he has been racing the car day in and out... The clutch has atleast a few hundred launchs and about 20,000-30,000 miles He launchs at 5500 under full throttle everytime and the clutch is still in tact, clutch is 100% stock as is the driveline... Sounds like poor craftsmanship to me... If a clutch can hold up to that kind of abuse with that much HP and that much weight then driving technique wouldn't do much more to it...

 

Allow me. Stop whinning and learn how to drive. Bunk clutch my ***.

 

it's not about driving habits, it's about poor quality control on mitsu's behalf. I used to launch my 3900 lb audi s4 that had over 300 whp, at the track as often as I could, and I never had a problem with it. I could go on about all the other modded fast cars I've had and tell you how I never suffered such premature clutch wear with any of them, but that would be a waste of time, because some people on this board refuse to accept that mitsu designed an inferior product.

 

I just think that with the number of posts regarding this issue it shows that there is some kind of problem with the stock clutch. I mean are there that many bad Evo drivers out there that are smoking their clutches? Do I have to go to some crazy Japanese training school to learn the proper way to drive an Evo?

 

so he just blew his clutch with 3k on it and your going to blame his driving habits? I suppose you drove those 3k miles with him. Please take a step back and listen to how stupid you sound. Thank you.

 

maybe its a combination of both... this is my take on it... i dont refute the possibility of a problem with the clutch system... but i have to say the driving habits has something to do with it too... see you can drive 10 years with a stick but if your bad habits carry over from the 10 years, you may NOW see it because of the power the evo puts out as well as any flaw in the clutch design

 

You're welcome.

 

I had a 350z before I bought the Evo. I put 35k on it and never had any issues. The Z is close to a stock Evo in HP.

 

Its funny, every clutch thread usually turns into a name-calling fiesta!

This has been re-hashed quite a bit but here goes.

Some EVOs have bad clutches/transfer cases. Most don't.

Most beat the crap outta their EVOs and they are fine, some aren't.

And some other drivers baby their EVO's and they break.

There is absolutely no quantitative data at this time to determine the cause. So just don't assume he is a terrible driver, and ripped the car to shreds in 3000 miles. The man is simply asking what to do tomorrow when he goes into the dealership.