Honestly, there is no way to tell how the previous owner drive the car.

 

I too would like to know how one can get clutch work done under warranty - I have been complaining about mine for months now to the dealer and all fell on deaf ears. and guess what? stupid thing went over the weekend and it looks like I'm fighting an uphill battle to get it fixed without being charged 8 hours labour and parts...

 

Odd for it to go on a basically stock GTi?

 

Odd for it to go on a basically stock GTi?

Pretty much bog stock when it went too - bar tyres/brakes - exhaust and dv were stock.
very annoyed.

It's more likely the flywheel than the clutch that was the initial cause; flywheel defects are more likely for it to be shuddering and whining the way it did before the clutch called it quits.

I don't exactly drive it that hard either, spiritedly maybe but never more than 8/10ths.

OP - I don't have advice for you but I'd gear up to fight tooth and nail and take it to head office if you are certain it isn't from previous owner's neglect. Reasonable shelf life for a clutch should be much longer than 29k miles. Had a similar fight with Renault a while ago before they let up and did it under warranty.

 

My 1.4HDi developed a similar fault a few months after I bought my car from the dealer.

The dealer would not under any circumstances accept that this was a defect and they classed it as wear and tear.

Oddly, it appears as an intermittent issue for me so I have added it to the 'to-do' list. Will not be paying dealer prices for a replacement though!

 

Common issue - my 1.2 Active had three clutches in six months then I rejected it.

 

Hi Everyone,

I have recently purchased a 2014 Peugeot 208 1.4HDi Allure,

It has 29,000 miles on the clock and the clutch is slipping!

From reading a few threads on here, it look like the clutch wearing is a common issue - I wondered if anyone else has had the same problem and if anyone has managed to get this covered under warranty ( and if so.. how? ).

Thanks in advance!
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I've had my car around a month and just noticed this happening in 3rd/4th gears when the engine is warm, but not noticed it when cold. Also seems to be quite intermittent. Sound familiar? Just wondering if you have had the clutch replaced since you posted and whether it solved the problem or something else was at fault etc as I don't want to fork out for a new clutch and then find it's something close by!
Cheers

 

Hi, clutches are like tyres, if not used correctly then its going to wear out quick. You may not have had this car from new so dont know how previous owner(s) drove it.

Even then have a few colleagues who have cars from other manufacturers from new and required new clutch well before 80k

 

Hi Comkotes, sorry I didn't make it clear that the car was pre-owned, and has nearly 40k on the clock so slightly less surprising than other replacements, however it's only 2.5 years old.
True that theres no way of knowing how the previous owner treated it!

 

Feel sorry for you man. Its a 8-9 job to switch clutch. Its often suggested new flywheel so done right its about 800-1.2k depending if flywheel or not. Thats vat for ya

 

I had the car 3 months about 1600 miles and my gti flywheel and clutch went Bristol fixed it straight away the only problem is I think it going again when you give the car a bit of a thrashing like u should with a gti it done about 3500 and it makes a drumming noise when you put the clutch in when you drive it ok it don't make a noise it made the noise again fri but nothing since has anyone else had problems

 

And I got Peugeot customer care involved too that worked

 

Mine was a used vehicle too, had 32000 on the clock when I bought it and I noticed the slipping after about 3000 miles. Just long enough for the dealer not to be interested.

To be fair, its done 53000 now, still slips, but hasn't failed.

Its on my to-do list, so slowly saving up the pennies to get it done.

 

Mine was new

 

Hi, on my second 208, 1st one was second hand with 20k on the clock and within a month, the clutch failed, had this changed out under warranty albeit not a Peugeot warranty, my initial thought was previous owner syndrome, my previous cars ( and I have had a few) never suffered, so my initial thought was rational and valid. But then I bought another second hand one ( 10k) on the clock, now I have notched a little over 20k and the same issue arose (this time it took 8 months). Luckily Peugeot have offered to change out the clutch under warranty!!! So is this an engineered issue? Is it a light weight clutch design that has the life span of May Bug? All I know is that as much as I love the design I am feeling a little regretful in this second purchase.

 

Ok so I have now picked up the keys from Swansway in Chester following the Clutch issue... all work carried out under warranty, asked the service team what the issue was, they found a problem with the rear main oil seal, this had failed, so this is considered as the causal factor. I am glad it fell into the warranty bracket as this would have cost nearly £700 pound... ouch

 

Ok so I have now picked up the keys from Swansway in Chester following the Clutch issue... all work carried out under warranty, asked the service team what the issue was, they found a problem with the rear main oil seal, this had failed, so this is considered as the causal factor. I am glad it fell into the warranty bracket as this would have cost nearly £700 pound... ouch

Great your back on the road. I did mention recently on another forum that a certain supercar has clutch replaced every 20K miles

I see many cars no matter what the price was new, needing a new clutch and or dmf around 50-90K.

This is why I prefer single mass flywheel as most manufactures of clutches make them except for luk? which own the rights to dual mass flywheels. Dual mass flywheel does make driving smoother but is not a brilliant improvement when talking of reliability.
Whilst on the subject of reliability many say our cars suffer from excess carbon build up on valves but this is indicitive to direct injection so pick most modern cars and they all have the same problem, better fuel economy, better afr control yet worse for carbon build up. Its always a trade off that owners dont always get to choose as fuel economy and smooth drivetrain sells cars on the forecourt.

I think the worse thing about a clutch going is you notice, then it seems okay, then its not, then its busted all within a couple of days of 1st noticing

 

Can we not have a Singleflywheel installedas appose to the Dual mass flywheel? just intrested to know ?
I have had a "over run" on the clutch for some time now and after having this looked at by diffrent people (Mr Cluctch, Peugeot and others) I am being told this is the Dual mass flywheel doing its job?
So when I am on the M way or so and Iwant more speed the engine revs go up and there is like a delay befor the engine catchesup, I am being told this is to save the engine snatching. ? true ?

 

Yep thats dmf. I found it even worse if on a decline and speed just increases so had to ride brake pedal always. You also fight with inertia of dmf when braking. Car would also run a little over when at very slow speed - fully off throttle car would still roll at 10mph. No such problem with my smf.


I much prefer my smf but it was more difficult driveability wise until tmsr1. My smf previuosly had to still be in 4th gear at 50mph else no torque and drivetrain judder if in 5th or 6th forget it. All gone now with ind. Kit.

With smf though car sounds like a bag of bolts when off throttle. Always pros and cons. On incline a smf drops off speed so more throttle is needed. Pros - braking is much better as you have less inertia keeping the crank going, doesnt roll away when on decline. Also when you start up theres an certain sound to smf that some find unusual, its like an aluminium ting as engine turns over.

 

My 1.4HDi developed a similar fault a few months after I bought my car from the dealer.

The dealer would not under any circumstances accept that this was a defect and they classed it as wear and tear.

Oddly, it appears as an intermittent issue for me so I have added it to the 'to-do' list. Will not be paying dealer prices for a replacement though!

Hope this post isnt too old
My clutch is intermittent also a 1.4 hdi seems to do it when you dont expect it but if you try to make it another time it wont slip (possibly as mentioned hot and cold)
Was wondering if anybody had a proper diagnosis on the intermittent issue on a 1.4hdi and also if a better clutch can be fitted
I have been told that mini's use the Peugeot 1.4hdi engine at 90bhp would a bmw clutch fit ?

Also want to get it mapped to produce more power but need the clutch sorting first whats the best options?
Cheers

 

Hi sorry I know this is an old thread.
My 1.4hdi is currently in the garage getting clutch replaced started slipping about 2 weeks ago now doing it with every gear change.
51000 on the clock and mostly used on dual carriageway.
Mechanic said he's never replaced a 208 clutch that's gone more than 70k so sounds like they are notoriously poor.

£340 to fix unless he calls to say DMF is shot

 

Ok that sounds good do you know what make of clutch is being used
See LUK clutch kits for around £100 on europarts so your labour costs sound reasonable to me!
It has been on and off and literally Sunday it was awful but Wednesday hardly slipped!
Looking to get it done after Easter now
Milage is 56 odd thousand cannot remember exactly
Let me know how it turns out

Cheers

 

All done and dusted had to get a release bearing from Peugeot. 1 years guarantee on the work too so quite happy

 

anyones clutch make a whiny/howly noise (like the sound brake pads can make) when the car is cold? Particularly when going up steep inclines?My clutch doesnt slip and I dont have any issues with its performance but the howly noise is annoying, also notice it does it when in stop/start heavy city traffic

 

Not sure about that noise you mean, do you mean a strange noise when releasing the clutch pedal mine used to do this when we first got it 3 years old not so much now it also badly juddered too. This was a known issue on the 2.9 sierra xr4x4 and was solved by fitting a new clutch release bearing and guide sleeve due to remembering this and from comments above I'm now confident we don't have a clutch problem but a release bearing issue sometimes sticking on the clutch release guide hence why sometimes it works ok and sometimes it doesn't
Just recently went to France on a wine run and filled the car with wine ( in bottles ˜�) about 150 litres worth, and it was faultless no clutch issues at all but a few days prior to this it was almost undrivable so it has to be the release bearing
I have started stamping several times on the clutch pedal now when it slips and it does seem to make a difference