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Originally Posted by FirstWinter
If it is the TOB try to get the 17+ replacement along with the grease. Now I'm paranoid as well since I have a 2015 and at ~41K miles just like you.
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Don't panic just yet. There are loads and loads of guys that have never had an issue. If it is going the tell tail sign is the squealing that you can change or stop by applying the clutch. Even though I knew what the issue was I waited too long after the squealing started and paid the price. It was the lack of the squeal (whine) in the first post here that originally had me thinking it wasn't the issue. Idk's follow up post however describes the final moments of mine almost word for word. The only thing he s missing is the burning smell and having to pull the pedal back up with his toes so maybe he hasn't totaled the clutch yet.
In hindsight I have little doubt that there are symptoms before the squeal starts but they are so gradual and unobtrusive that they are not noticed. They may not even be evident in an inspection but I am sure they are there. Ultramaroon has modified his clutch so it requires more pedal pressure. When I was driving his car he asked me what I thought and I said I liked it but really didn't feel a huge difference from my stock one. Once my car was fixed and I pushed the clutch for the first time it was a night and day difference from his. I think that the bearing had slowly been seizing up and although it was not creating noise yet it did take more pedal pressure to operate it. It had just happened so gradually that I never noticed the increase so the pressure felt "normal" to me. Now I am not happy with the stock pedal pressure so either need to do his cylinder mod or hope the bearing seizes up a bit again.