Clutch is already gone...
Evolving Member
Joined: Feb 2006
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From: Santa Maria, CA
Sucks to hear bro,
I've had my x tuned for almost 10k miles now 27k on the odo..I'm pushing 345 lb/tq, I launched once but nothing hard at all, I never drag or taken it to the track. My throwout bearing is taking a dive so I'm going to replace my clutch but this is around 30k which isn't bad..at 2k that's just crazy...
I would contact sam from hunington beach mitsu to see what he can do for u. I've taken my car into south coast for warranty work and I was fully modded. Good luck man
I've had my x tuned for almost 10k miles now 27k on the odo..I'm pushing 345 lb/tq, I launched once but nothing hard at all, I never drag or taken it to the track. My throwout bearing is taking a dive so I'm going to replace my clutch but this is around 30k which isn't bad..at 2k that's just crazy...
I would contact sam from hunington beach mitsu to see what he can do for u. I've taken my car into south coast for warranty work and I was fully modded. Good luck man
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Joined: Apr 2011
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From: Broomfield, CO
^^^Did the pedal become really light? Was there the smell of burnt clutch when you were driving the car around? Maybe the clutch is in fact faulty, IMO you have nothing to lose by contacting exedy, so do it. I feel for you cause nobody should have to go through this on such a new vehicle 
I have a 2011 Evo X and my pedal feels very very light. (In fact I just had a friend drive it and he was shocked at how light the pedal was. He actually commented, "I'm shocked your clutch is holding together!") I have been driving a manual for about 5 years with no problems, but now often smell burnt clutch. I only have 3k miles on my car. Occasional spirited driving. No launches or racing.
Anybody think something is a bit faulty here?
Last edited by Sheyko; Jun 30, 2011 at 05:53 PM.
My 2011 X has 2250 miles on it, and the clutch is already out. I launched this car one time at the 1500 mile mark, and thats it. Didnt drive it hard at all, and did not ride the clutch. The clutch was so bad that I had to get it towed to the South Coast dealership. Now they want to charge $1200 to look at the car, and $2k for installing a new clutch. Is there anything else i can do to not spend over 3k$ on a car that has a little over 2000 miles?
Something doesn't add up here.
My guess is the $2k is including a new or resurfaced flywheel, clutch disk, and pressure plate. $1200 is the norm from the dealer for labor on pulling and installing a transmission.
From experience, when they pull the clutch and look at the flywheel and they see any heat marks, it's game over. That is Mitsu's catch all for denying clutch warranty.
From experience, when they pull the clutch and look at the flywheel and they see any heat marks, it's game over. That is Mitsu's catch all for denying clutch warranty.
I have 28k miles stock clutch still feels fine. Bolt on, tuned, and I launch it between 3-4krpm for autocross.
Like others have said, you either killed it with crap driving, or something is really wrong.
Like others have said, you either killed it with crap driving, or something is really wrong.
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Joined: Jan 2010
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From: NC
If you want to save some money, get a good shop to do the labor for you or do it yourself. Have stock flywheel resurfaced, ACT sprung 6Puck if you plan on modding or ACT HD street if you are going to stay stock. And of course there are other options out there for clutch/flywheel combos. If you have a decent shop, you can easily have this done for under 2k.
