nate1
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- Detroit, MI
Hey everyone,
First time poster, long time skulker. Pretty awesome little community you guys have here.
Anyway, I need some help. I've got a 2011 GTI that I got new. I've only put about 43k miles on it thus far. I'm not a racer, I rarely drive her very hard. I mostly drive the 10 minutes to and from work daily (all city driving).
Last week I noticed a burning smell coming from my car. I take it to the dealer and they tell me my clutch is burning out and it's going to cost $2400 to replace (wtf?). I kinda pitch a bitch and make the guy get with corporate to see if they'll cover it (I'm still under my extended warranty). No dice. They say because of the age/miles on the car, the clutch is a "wearable part" and they won't cover any of the repair.
So now I don't really know what to do. I certainly don't have $2400 to drop right now. It blows my mind that 43k miles is an appropriate mileage for a clutch to go bad. Am I wrong? Does that sound right? Should I raise hell at corporate to see if I can get them to cover it? Sounds like a faulty part to me.
In any case, was just looking for some advice from you more knowledgeable folk. I'll take it outside of the dealer for a second opinion, but then I'm worried that would somehow void my warranty. Ugh... pain in my butt.
Thanks for reading and I greatly appreciate any advice on this situation.
Nate
First time poster, long time skulker. Pretty awesome little community you guys have here.
Anyway, I need some help. I've got a 2011 GTI that I got new. I've only put about 43k miles on it thus far. I'm not a racer, I rarely drive her very hard. I mostly drive the 10 minutes to and from work daily (all city driving).
Last week I noticed a burning smell coming from my car. I take it to the dealer and they tell me my clutch is burning out and it's going to cost $2400 to replace (wtf?). I kinda pitch a bitch and make the guy get with corporate to see if they'll cover it (I'm still under my extended warranty). No dice. They say because of the age/miles on the car, the clutch is a "wearable part" and they won't cover any of the repair.
So now I don't really know what to do. I certainly don't have $2400 to drop right now. It blows my mind that 43k miles is an appropriate mileage for a clutch to go bad. Am I wrong? Does that sound right? Should I raise hell at corporate to see if I can get them to cover it? Sounds like a faulty part to me.
In any case, was just looking for some advice from you more knowledgeable folk. I'll take it outside of the dealer for a second opinion, but then I'm worried that would somehow void my warranty. Ugh... pain in my butt.
Thanks for reading and I greatly appreciate any advice on this situation.
Nate