Clutch pedal loud squeak

[Holyshiba]

Originally Posted by ericmpena

Subaru had my car for 7 hours (10am-5pm) and they say that they have fixed the issue. The cause of the squeaking was the throwout bearing. I'm picking up my car in the morning...so I'll let you all know if they actually fixed the issue.

EDIT: Got my car back today. Issue appears to be gone. Throwout bearing was causing the issue.

Was the throw out bearing covered under basic warranty? How did they pin point that was the root cause? Thanks in advance.

[YamahaR86]

Originally Posted by Holyshiba

What do you tell the dealer to show that it's covered under warranty. Is the clutch exempt or is it covered under the basic warranty? How do you diagnosis if it's a bad throw out bearing versus just a dry clutch fork? Can the clutch fork only be lubed if tranny is taking off?Thanks in advance.

Tell them whats up with the car and how much mileage you have. The clutch is based on the mileage I'd say, some dealerships will say it's a "wear and tear" issue and so you have to fight them on it. I searched around on here and got the same issues others were having, a "squeaky clutch" sounds like wet rubber shoes or a rusty spring.

Originally Posted by Holyshiba

Was the throw out bearing covered under basic warranty? How did they pin point that was the root cause? Thanks in advance.

The throw out bearing isn't covered under Basic Warranty. Basic Warranty is 3 years or 36,000 miles.

Instead, it's covered under the Power Train Warranty. This has to deal with the engine and it's 5 years or 60,000 miles.

[frslee]

Happens to be occasionally. I called nearby dealer (Russell Toyota, MD) and they were saying they'd have to charge me diagnostic fee $115? to check the car out. Then if they decide if it's under the warranty, then the fee will be waved. I have a feeling they're going to say it won't be covered under the warranty and charge me the fee. Might have to try other dealer.

[ericmpena]

Originally Posted by Holyshiba

Was the throw out bearing covered under basic warranty? How did they pin point that was the root cause? Thanks in advance.

yes, it was covered under warranty. I have no idea of the work they did to find the problem. I just took it to them, showed them the issue...scheduled a date to drop it off...and then they figured it out from there and got my car back later with no issues.

[emutcfut]

Brought my car in to Toyota yesterday and had this problem fixed. Work order said the cause of the squeaking on my car was lack of lube on the clutch fork pivot point. They lubed it up and so far so good.

[Decimus]

Originally Posted by emutcfut

Brought my car in to Toyota yesterday and had this problem fixed. Work order said the cause of the squeaking on my car was lack of lube on the clutch fork pivot point. They lubed it up and so far so good.

Can anyone help pin point the location stated above? I want to check (if possible) before wasting time at the dealer

[Sigh-on-Rice]

Originally Posted by Decimus

Can anyone help pin point the location stated above? I want to check (if possible) before wasting time at the dealer

It's 31204 in the picture below.



This picture is from another car, but helps you to guess where the pivot point is.



And this is inside of the bell housing, which is not somewhere you can get to with just a common tools.

[YamahaR86]

So my update.

Day 1, brought it to dealership. Waited an hour and a half to say they'll call me next day cause they need to call tech support. Was told to bring it in next day, tech said to try and lube it up.

Day 2, brought it in, waited another hour and a half for them to lube it up. DIDN'T WORK as I assumed. They're going to open it up to see whats going on and tech said since it's open might as well throw in a new Throw-Out Bearing in there (like I stated when I first went in).
Adviser said it's going to be an all day job and I'll have to drop the car off.

Now I'm pissed off because I had to take off work early for those 2 days, and now take off to drop my car off AGAIN for a third day and get a ride because they didn't want to open it up the first time.

[MastasmurF]

So I'm having this same exact problem on my 2013 FRS. I did some reading in these forums and found the threads relating to the throw out bearing being worn out etc. So I brought mine in to the dealership. I mentioned to my service rep that it may be the throw out bearing but I don't think he paid any attention to my suggestion. They called me back a few hours later and told me that it was fixed. Here is what they put on my report.

" Driveability Concern:
Clutch is making a loud squeaking noise. Pin-pointed noise to Slave Cylinder. Greased clutch slave cylinder and abnormal noise is not heard."

About 200-300 yards after driving off the lot I started to feel a physical "crunching" feeling when pushing the clutch all the way in. The squeaking noise came back in full force and it is actually more audible now. I'm dropping it off again this Friday.

This is my first full-time standard transmission daily driver. I don't think I "ride the clutch" either. So I can't see it being my fault with only 17,400 miles on it. Is it a whole day job for them to check the throwout bearing?

[kodyo]

To check the throw out bearing they have to take off the transmission. Probably take a few hours, but I don't see you getting it back same day.

[JS + BRZ]

I went in for the same thing, they said it's not a bad enough of an issue yet to open up the transmission. Told me that I still have a lot of warranty on my car.

They mentioned that they can open up the transmission to see what it is, but if there's no issue, I will have to pay for the labor. They would cover it under warranty, if there's an issue with it though.

I said I'll come back if it gets worse..

[Tt3Sheppard]

I'm out of warranty at this point, 61000 miles. The noise came back ever so slightly after bringing the car to a manual car wash. I did focus a bit more on the windshield/hood area so I wonder if water somehow got onto the slave cylinder push rod and caused some of this noise. There is a semi good amount of grease buildup around that rod.

[CatDaddysBBQ]

It took the dealership a few days to fix mine - the had to order clutch parts. That squeak ended up being a whole new clutch, master cylinder and shift fork by the time they worked their way down to the actual problem.

[JS + BRZ]

Originally Posted by CatDaddysBBQ

It took the dealership a few days to fix mine - the had to order clutch parts. That squeak ended up being a whole new clutch, master cylinder and shift fork by the time they worked their way down to the actual problem.

Do you happen to have a work sheet for that? I would like to show it to my dealership..