Hi everyone. I'm not really expecting any answer to my problem, and others have already reported similar problems to the forum. However, my experience may be of interest and it adds to the tally!
My Sportage KX3 is 4 years old and has done around 36k. I bought the car Nov 13 from a Kia dealer. I do not tow anything and I'm a fairly sensible driver (although how the previous owner drove the car is unknown). Although I think it could be a little more powerful in the lower gears and the SATNAV/Bluetooth is odd and does not always work, I was generally happy with the car. However, without any warning the clutch slipped in all forward gears and an acrid burning smell followed. Luckily I was not on a motorway! I could not engage the gears until it had all cooled down (about 2 hours later), in time for it to be towed! Got the car to the Kia dealer, who investigated and confirmed that the Dual Mass Fly Wheel had borderline tolerance and should be replaced, together with the Cover/Disc and Bearings etc. They confirmed that it was wear and tear and not covered by Kia's warranty. Whilst the Kia garage have been most helpful, I find it worrying that this could go so quickly without any prior indication of a problem and somewhat sickened by the total cost of this work, which inc VAT, comes to just over ÂŁ2k. I've never had a clutch fail on me before, and I've been driving 30 years.
Hope this is of interest to members of the forum.
Cal
My Sportage KX3 is 4 years old and has done around 36k. I bought the car Nov 13 from a Kia dealer. I do not tow anything and I'm a fairly sensible driver (although how the previous owner drove the car is unknown). Although I think it could be a little more powerful in the lower gears and the SATNAV/Bluetooth is odd and does not always work, I was generally happy with the car. However, without any warning the clutch slipped in all forward gears and an acrid burning smell followed. Luckily I was not on a motorway! I could not engage the gears until it had all cooled down (about 2 hours later), in time for it to be towed! Got the car to the Kia dealer, who investigated and confirmed that the Dual Mass Fly Wheel had borderline tolerance and should be replaced, together with the Cover/Disc and Bearings etc. They confirmed that it was wear and tear and not covered by Kia's warranty. Whilst the Kia garage have been most helpful, I find it worrying that this could go so quickly without any prior indication of a problem and somewhat sickened by the total cost of this work, which inc VAT, comes to just over ÂŁ2k. I've never had a clutch fail on me before, and I've been driving 30 years.
Hope this is of interest to members of the forum.
Cal
