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Originally Posted by FastOnFastOff
For me it's primarily a time-issue. If I had the time (the ability to live without a car), I'd be much more aggressive. $1600 is not small for me, but just at the point where I think waving the white-flag is the better option. I should be getting the car back tomorrow or Friday at the latest.
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Just because you pay up front for this doesn't mean the warranty doesn't cover it and get you a refund or dealer credit after the fact. Warranty is warranty.
The main dealers have to do the work if you want to claim warranty.
Clutch plates are not warranted against wear but they are warranted against manufacturing defects.
You are entitled to Toyota HQ ruling on the cause of this premature failure and, if they refuse to warranty it you can still try to prove them wrong. You will need your own experts though. Toyota must preserve the parts and produce them to your experts or tusk an adverse finding in court should it go that far.
Premature clutch plate wear is caused by inadequate pressure plate pressure. This can be due to operator error (by far the most common) defective pressure plate spring (rare but possible as these are heat treated spring steel) or hydraulics that prevent full spring pressure reaching the plate. Other possible causes of clutch failure include disintegration of clutch plate lining or failure of the pressure plate assembly. Your description is of failed hydraulics. If the clutch pedal stays fine then the master or slave cylinder failed or the clutch line blocked up internally holding the clutch partially disengaged. However, this should not wear the clutch plate unless it had been a developing fault for quite some time.
What is Toyota saying are the damaged parts and why they are damaged?