Burnt Clutch at just 4800 miles!

[White64Goat]

Except the fact that his picture includes the pressure plate which appears to be in fairly decent shape and not blued.

[FastOnFastOff]

Originally Posted by Suberman

The scenario described is shifting into too low a gear with the clutch pedal on the floor. You realize your mistake before lifting off the clutch pedal and then you select the correct gear. You drive on not realizing you have damaged the clutch plate by over revving it. Then some time later it fails. Sound familiar or never happened? No one else drove the car without you in it?

I was downshifting. I don't recall, being in too low a gear or in an incorrect gear when the incident happened. There have been other situations where I accidentally downshifted when meaning to upshift like from 5th to 4th, when I meant to go into 6th. But that happens infrequently. Still, it's possible the clutch was over-revved like you guys are suggesting.

Has anyone else driven the car? Yes, my wife drove the car without me in it once to her women's bible study group. AHA!!!!

[FastOnFastOff]

Originally Posted by humfrz

The last (but not the worst) resort is to go with the wife's desires. Hey, its just a car and can be traded or sold ..... a good wife is hard to find ..... and can't be traded or sold ....

humfrz

I've been speaking with Auto Nation Toyota and several friends regarding the possibility of getting out of the lease. Most people are saying it's going to be nearly impossible to get into a new lease without losing a grip of money. What I'm wondering is, how much? If I lose more than $2K then, both my wife and I agree it's not worth it. What this all means, is that I still might be able to keep my FR-S!!

(Sorry to be slightly off the topic of the clutch here. Incident-related, but not topic-related.)

[Sparky fire]

to be a smart ass my mechanical throttle in my old truck got stuck wide open i just put it in neutral and stopped so i could get off the road safe.

[yzarc0g]

Originally Posted by FastOnFastOff

I've decided I'm going to eat the $1600 and just pay the damned bill. Should this problem occur again in the future, I don't know, maybe I can determine that I have a lemon on my hands. But for now, I'm frustrated and defeated.

I feel your pain brother.

[choi0706]

Originally Posted by FirestormFRS

You're referring to the most educated engineers, programmers, and other technicians that investigated the space shuttle issues? Cause yeah they found nothing wrong with the electronics. The DOT found nothing wrong with the electronics. Every independent investigation found nothing wrong with the electronics.

The only defects found were in the pedal assembly which was marginal at best. The guy that died in the Lexus had floor mats stacked on top of the factory floor mats. Read more please.....

that's what I've seen.. people need to stop stacking floor mats on top of each other.. and use the supplied clips to keep them still.. I see OE mats bunched up near the pedals all too often..