I own a rx-8 6MT. I bought it in october and have already put 16,000 miles on the car. I Love my rx to death, but two nights ago driving on the new jersey turnpike my clutch actually blew apart. In the process peices of the clutch that shot away cracked my started and now i am screwed royally. i have no idea how this happened and it is not covered under the warranty. BEWARE OF THE EXPLODING CLUTCH. MYSELF AND MY BANK ACCOUNT ARE CYRIN. ILL KEEP YOU ALL UPDATED.

 

The clutch is part of the "powertrain". It had better be covered by the warrenty!

 

Have the service guys check the pressure plate bolts

 

Yes - unless you were obviously abusing the car there's no reason why this would not be covered under warranty...

 

I thought the clutch, while part of the powertrain, is a wear item and not covered by the warranty. I will be glad to hear if it is, I just didn't think so either.
Mattfranz, what did they quote you for replacing the clutch? Good luck and I hope they do replace it under warranty.

 

If it is not covered under warranty, then check with your Insurance. Say you ran over something, if they question....

 

Wearing the clutch out is different to it exploding... If you wear your clutch out in a "reasonable" amount of time then you should probably not expect it to be a warranty item - however, if a previously normally functioning part of the car suddenly and inexplicably breaks, then it should be covered by warranty.

 

New clutch with 16,000 miles. I HOPE this isn't considered "normal" wear...

 

i agree pidge, something fishy about this one.....

 

Troll was my first thought too.

 

whats "troll"

 

IT IS NOT COVERED BY THE WARRANTY. IM GETTING IN TOUCH WITH MAZDA TODAY TO SEE IF THEY WOULD COVER IT BUT THE DEALER WILL NOT. I WILL KEEP YOU ALL UPDATED.

 

>> [..] peices of the clutch that shot away cracked my started and now i am screwed royally [..] <<

not to be a teacher here, but what does this actually mean???
What cracked?

 

I assume he meant "starter" motor.

 

Explosions are not typical of wear.

The clutch may not be coverered under the warranty but your missing bell-housing should be.

 

I'm guessing he's saying that pieces of the clutch flew out and cracked his starter motor but I can't for the life of me figure out how clutch pieces manage to escape the transmission housing?

 

Perhaps the damage is more extensive than the description covers.... those trolls can really do a number when they want to.

 

how exactly can a clutch "blow up"? how do the pieces hit the starter? did the whole tranny fall apart? isn't the starter kinda out of the way of the tranny in the first place? what kind of dealer doesn't uphold the warranty when anything on the car fails so spectacularly? too many holes in this story. even for trolling, it isn't particularly credible. but its creative atleast.

 

Matt,

If the dealer is giving you a hard time, ask to speak with the regional rep. They have the authority to authorize a repair like this and have it covered under warranty. I had to do the same thing when my clutch died at 7,500 miles.

 

My dealer explicitly explained to me clutch wear and tear is NOT covered under warranty.

At 16,000 miles, doubt they would consider it a defect.

Good luck man.

 

but clutches are supposed to wear out not EXPLODE under normal circumstances (normal wear and tear) so IMO obivously it exploding = defect