Happened out of the blue.. .. Start the car fine w/ the clutch depressed but cannot put the car in gear unless the engine is off? What's the problem? Is it the master cyclinder?

 

my bet is on the pressure plate finger. happened to me HERE. i was hoping it was the slave cylinder, but nope. i researched a bit and it's not an "unheard of" issue and just a fluke i guess (like the infamous IMS/RMS issues, etc etc!!).

oh well, good luck.

 

i wonder woudl it be consider a warranty repair?

 

possible, as it seems to me that it is more of a manufac defect rather than user wear and tear.

 

agreed.. i would understand if it's the clutch but reading around and my basic understanding of clutch, I doubt this is the clutch. And if they try to BS me, all hell is going to break lose, in a nice way of course. I had 1 clutch go on me but that was on a car with 200,000KM and the symtoms are totally different

 

how much is typically a clutch and flywheel ?

 

Happened to me and turned out it was the clutch. The test is if it can go into gear when the engine is off it's the clutch. Close to $4k with the flywheel. If only the clutch about $2k

 

yup absolutely right.. got quoted 4K if it's flywheel as well.

 

My Indy quoted only $3500 with the flywheel. Although I did not need a new one. Turned out my pressure plate had a crack in it.

 

problem is the car is in London ontario .. i had it towed there free cuz of my warranty..

 

So i have had the issue since the last couple of days.
I told the dealer that it is a slave cylinder issue.
They came back saying that the car needs a new clutch and possibly flywheel.
I just got a call that they can salvage the flywheel but needs a new clutch and a slave cylinder.

I suspect that the car needs only a slave cylinder and they are screwing me over with a new clutch.
Upon my asking they said that the friction plate went bad. I am going to make a surprise pop-over and demand to see the broken parts.
What should i be looking for on a bad friction plate?