Back Room Forum - Honest John
Slave labour My son has a 3-year old low mileage Peugeot 5008. The seals failed in the clutch slave cylinder, which is mounted inside the clutch housing and resulted in having to change a contaminated clutch and worn DMF at huge expense. It seems that these slave cylinders incorporated in the clutch thrust bearings are now commonplace with manufacturers such as VW, Peugeot/Citroen, LandRover, KIA and Hyundai at least. In one month, two friends have experienced instantaneous clutch failure for the same reason, resulting in being stranded. Do you know of any manufacturers of large family cars that have not followed this stupid design path. Should manufacturers pay something towards the cost of repair to a 3-year old car where the slave cylinder seals have failed and the design is obviously faulty. Ford had been coughing up for resultant clutch failures, but where the cost involved an expensive DMF, they had been trying to charge the customers, in one case as much as £1,600. In two cases, when parts were returned, the damaged DMFs and burned... I made the point on the TV shows, but Dom did not emphasise it. A failed clutch slave cylinder has the same effect on a clutch. Source: www.honestjohn.co.uk
