Honda Accord Clutch

[Matt Seabrook]

Dual mass flywheels can be checked without the special tool. Its better to find someone that knows what they are doing rather than someone who just has a special tool

[lippydave]

Borrowed a Mitsubishi SWB Pajero 3.2 Di a while back from a mate, with a view to buying it as a cheap(ish) tow hack.

He had bought if from a mutual acquaintance who had the clutch go and was quoted around 1200 quid for clutch & dmf....

He had bought it at the right money and sprung (sic) for a solid flywheel instead of the dual mass. (Still expensive but less than 500 quid).

To drive there was a tiny bit more vibration at idle, but not massively so.

There was however a much torquier feel to the car, but at very low rpm there was evidence of what felt like driveline shunt. I could have put up with it in a 4x4 but dunno what the long term implications would've been for the transmission etc.

Didn't buy it but only 'cos the mutual acquaintance told me what he paid for it, and he wanted a little bit too much for it....

[jeff oakley]

Dual mass flywheels can be checked without the special tool. Its better to find someone that knows what they are doing rather than someone who just has a special tool

Yes they can but there are very few people who can tell by feel how much rock is too much and how much twist is too far. What you need to remember is a lot of "mechanics" need every bit of help they can get.

for example, I took my New Mazda 6 sport in for service and mentioned tha the steering was pulling to the offside. when I picked it up they said "there was no fault code on the electric steering ecu so it was fine" so when I took the service manager out and took my hands of the wheel and it dove to the offside he said "strange there was no fault code"  

[James]

Ok this is not westy related...sorry

anyway, I have an 05 Honda accord tourer 2.2cdti with 60k on it and the clutch has been slipping for a little while now, I have just been quoted £850 by a Honda dealer..

The questions ...

1. I take it there is no form of adjustment if it is slipping?

2. Any idea of what a competitive price is for a replacement clutch for one of these motors?

Thanks in advance

Cllegy, this is a known problem with the 2.2, youve done well for it too last until now it normally shows up at around 20- 35,000 miles the cause is a fairly crudy design and the clutch plate suffers from uneven wear hence ths slip.

You may get somewhere by speaking to Honda direct no garantee's but Honda do like to keep there customers happy, I had this done recently on my Civic all be it under warrenty but they were great.

The price is about right for a Honda main dealer though

hope it helps

Cheers

James

[peterg]

James, if it's lasted another 22 months since he first posted this I'd be very surprised      

[Bananaman]

Had same problem on Mondeo, 130 TDCi 6 speed, clutch started slipping, into garage and diagnosed that needed new DMF aswell as concentric slave cylinder

I thought it was expensive at £680inVAT but looks like that's cheap in comparison to some others!!!

Also just had an injector fail and that's cost me £340incVAT..

Think i might go back to petrol as i do less than 10K a year, might sell the TVR & Mondeo and get an M3 although i don't recon it'd be much fun in the snow!!!!

[ljsanders]

The 2.2 diesel in my 06 plate Civic started slipping (on and off) at around 60k miles and 2 months before its 3rd birthday (conveniently) mainly motorway miles.

Tried to get a new clutch out of the dealer and I was told "it's supposed to, rev the nuts off it!". What a tw*t.

18 months after the first sign of slippage, its now done over 90k miles and its just started getting worse this week, typically when booting it up hills in 5th and 6th.

Now obviously I'm going to have to pay for it. I'm just going to keep on going and going until it really breaks properly I think.

Won't be buying another Honda again, the build quality is ******g crap!

[Cleggy the Spyder Man]

Ok this is not westy related...sorry

anyway, I have an 05 Honda accord tourer 2.2cdti with 60k on it and the clutch has been slipping for a little while now, I have just been quoted £850 by a Honda dealer..

The questions ...

1. I take it there is no form of adjustment if it is slipping?

2. Any idea of what a competitive price is for a replacement clutch for one of these motors?

Thanks in advance

Cllegy, this is a known problem with the 2.2, youve done well for it too last until now it normally shows up at around 20- 35,000 miles the cause is a fairly crudy design and the clutch plate suffers from uneven wear hence ths slip.

You may get somewhere by speaking to Honda direct no garantee's but Honda do like to keep there customers happy, I had this done recently on my Civic all be it under warrenty but they were great.

The price is about right for a Honda main dealer though

hope it helps

Cheers

James

James the Honda has been gone about two months now  

[MGF255]

Had same problem on Mondeo, 130 TDCi 6 speed, clutch started slipping, into garage and diagnosed that needed new DMF aswell as concentric slave cylinder

I thought it was expensive at £680inVAT but looks like that's cheap in comparison to some others!!!

Also just had an injector fail and that's cost me £340incVAT..

Think i might go back to petrol as i do less than 10K a year, might sell the TVR & Mondeo and get an M3 although i don't recon it'd be much fun in the snow!!!!

DMF`s are fitted to petrol engines now too