Mkiii 57plate Slipping Clutch Issues 31k

[Dazfast]

Well here goes, first post on here, and its not a good one unfortunatly... A little background, ive had company car for 15 years uptill the last 5.. Never had a clutch as yet, all of them had circa 140k on the clock before they were changed... Started off in vectras then BM's... anyhow opted out for a new scooby STi good dealership experience BTW, so was BMW,,,

Owned a few rally cars and a Ariel Atom300 in the last 2 yeas, lets just say I know how to drive before anyone makes any comments ;-) and fettled my rally cars mechanically to... this was just to show i do know when I have my foot on the clucth :-)

Right then, I bought my Galaxy from a deal last Jan, with 10k on the clock, its now done 31k had a lazy year ascut my mileage right down,save the planet and all ;-) Actaully been realy happy with the car, 95% used on the motorway my office is 80 miles away :-( and I'm a very mechaniclly sympathetic driver mainly, so steady away in fact it nevr gets reved above 2200 bearly... Went for an overtake yesterday and 3rd gear pulled past 2krpm and the clucth started to slip, did a few tests and its was doing it each time... Now ive tried this again a few times and no slip, did it today and just a faint slipping...

I mentioned this to a good spanner man mate of mine who said rightaway DMF and its matches the failures he's dealt with before. Done some reading on the DMF issues and it dont sound good... I'd be stunned if the clucth had gone with 30k on the clock and the last 20k being almost entirely motorway at 70mph...

I'm taking it to the dealers next wednesday... having not dealt with Ford before... will i be taking my mate (solicitor) with me, i.e. am I going to get the run around and lots of teeth sucking..

 

Any thoughts greatly appreciated.

 

Ta

daz

[hp4020]

Daz

 

How did you get on ?

 

I am booking mine in next week for the same thing, plus some other electrical issues.

 

Mine is exactly as you describe, intermittent, but its definatley slipping. I have had it from new 28k on clock, 6 months of warranty left.

 

Love the Car to bits.....hate Ford Motor Company with a passion, last issue with them ended up being settled out of court on the date of the small claims hearing. If you want customer service from Ford, issue proceedings, then they stop trying to pi** you around.

 

Good Luck.

Edited January 4, 2010 by hp4020