My accord has over the last few months suffered from an occasional rough gear change into 3rd or 4th. I have changed the gear oil and no improvement. This morning I drove the car and every time I stopped it was very difficult to engage 1st gear.
Anyway, as I suspected a Honda technician confirmed that the clutch was not disengaging.
The car has a full service history. I bought it 3 years old with 9k on the clock and I have been very gentle with the clutch, never holding it excessively on the clutch and generally driving it smoothly. My last accord had 97k on the clock when I traded it in and it was still on it's original clutch.
I've booked it in for a new clutch next week at my local Honda dealer, £685 which I thought was not a bad price for Honda parts fitted at a Honda dealer. But I am really disappointed in the car failing in this way with such a low mileage.
The dealer have said they will submit a warranty claim for me as I have a Honda extended guarantee and I think that as the clutch is not worn out (it's not slipping) then it has failed rather than wearing out. So we will see what happens there.
Has anybody else had experience of early clutch failure like this ?
Anyway, as I suspected a Honda technician confirmed that the clutch was not disengaging.
The car has a full service history. I bought it 3 years old with 9k on the clock and I have been very gentle with the clutch, never holding it excessively on the clutch and generally driving it smoothly. My last accord had 97k on the clock when I traded it in and it was still on it's original clutch.
I've booked it in for a new clutch next week at my local Honda dealer, £685 which I thought was not a bad price for Honda parts fitted at a Honda dealer. But I am really disappointed in the car failing in this way with such a low mileage.
The dealer have said they will submit a warranty claim for me as I have a Honda extended guarantee and I think that as the clutch is not worn out (it's not slipping) then it has failed rather than wearing out. So we will see what happens there.
Has anybody else had experience of early clutch failure like this ?