Before I begin, admittedly, I'm not much of a car guy, I don't know that much about engines and such, but I do love to drive.
The other day, I dropped my girlfriend off for a quick errand, waited for her and after about 10 minutes, started the engine back up and I couldn't get it into gear.
Read a bit and thought it may be an issue with a bad slave cylinder; brought it into the dealer this morning and they said it's a bad clutch. It didn't seem to me like I was having any slipping, but I am in fact having problems shifting into any gear when idle. FYI car is at 50k, I don't drive crazy, a bit spirited sometimes, but that's it.
A couple questions now:
1) If a clutch goes bad, could I expect a hard failure like this, so suddenly? (I would have expected a couple signs along the way, like changes in pedal feel, or intermittent problems getting into/out of gear.)
2) If the clutch is in fact toast, would going with a better, aftermarket option affect my extended powertrain warranty?
3) They said they may need to replace the flywheel also for another $800 on top of the $1600 for the clutch. Is this generally expected, or are they trying to rake me in for more $$$?
Thanks for the help guys. Cheers!
The other day, I dropped my girlfriend off for a quick errand, waited for her and after about 10 minutes, started the engine back up and I couldn't get it into gear.
Read a bit and thought it may be an issue with a bad slave cylinder; brought it into the dealer this morning and they said it's a bad clutch. It didn't seem to me like I was having any slipping, but I am in fact having problems shifting into any gear when idle. FYI car is at 50k, I don't drive crazy, a bit spirited sometimes, but that's it.
A couple questions now:
1) If a clutch goes bad, could I expect a hard failure like this, so suddenly? (I would have expected a couple signs along the way, like changes in pedal feel, or intermittent problems getting into/out of gear.)
2) If the clutch is in fact toast, would going with a better, aftermarket option affect my extended powertrain warranty?
3) They said they may need to replace the flywheel also for another $800 on top of the $1600 for the clutch. Is this generally expected, or are they trying to rake me in for more $$$?
Thanks for the help guys. Cheers!