Burned out clutch

[DebbyM46227]

I've driven 14 cars with manual transmissions over the years (2 of those I put over 100,000 miles on) and my Yaris is the ONLY car that needed the clutch replaced. It happened last week with only 33,000 miles on it. I know how to drive a clutch and I don't ride it, nor do I keep it pushed in at stoplights. If you do a search of Toyota clutch replacements other than Yaris, there seem to be quite a few. I filed a dispute with Toyota asking for reimbursement but haven't heard back yet.

Mine wasn't from the start though. I did notice some chatter the past 6 months when we'd had rain or high humidity but that quickly went away.

[ern-diz]

Originally Posted by nookandcrannycar

Nope. Original clutch still working in my '07 at over 300,000 miles.

Impressive. No garage pics?

Originally Posted by DebbyM46227

I've driven 14 cars with manual transmissions over the years (2 of those I put over 100,000 miles on) and my Yaris is the ONLY car that needed the clutch replaced. It happened last week with only 33,000 miles on it. I know how to drive a clutch and I don't ride it, nor do I keep it pushed in at stoplights. If you do a search of Toyota clutch replacements other than Yaris, there seem to be quite a few. I filed a dispute with Toyota asking for reimbursement but haven't heard back yet.

Mine wasn't from the start though. I did notice some chatter the past 6 months when we'd had rain or high humidity but that quickly went away.

Digging the Carmine Red. Don't see many of those around here. Please keep us updated on the results of your dispute.

I've got 57k in my '07 and the clutch feels the way it did when I got her 8 yrs ago. Having said that, I did notice a huge difference in terms of how the clutch felt, where it grabbed and the ratio of gas to clutch when coming over to the Yaris from my Civic. I thought I'd end up burning through it quickly because it took some real getting used to.