How many miles on your clutch?

[mjoekingz28]

Currently I have 125k on my Saturn's clutch. I had a Ford Aspire I got with 149k and kept it to 210k without replacing the clutch and I assumed it wasn't replaced before I got it, but that isnt factual. I had a RX7 with 95k that just had the clutch replaced before I got it.

I know I dont have much to go on since I get my cars used and don't know the history all too well, but the Saturn was bought new by my brother's wife and it never had a clutch put in, so thats one for sure I got.

I heard Toyota's go a while on their clutches.

 

[opus1]

The Dakota has almost 60,000 on it.

The Ranger was not driven by Dad much and I'm driving it even less. It's got 18,000 on it.

The Cobalt has 2100 on it. Doesn't really count, but I couldn't resist since it is a stick.

Our 1980 AMC Concord went over 90,000 on the original clutch. The throwout bearing went and Dad figured while he was in there anyway he might as well replace the clutch, but it really didn't need replacing. And this vehicle was used to teach me and my sister to drive stick, and we also tried to teach Mom to drive stick on it.

 

[Drew99GT]

149,000 miles on the original factory clutch in my 94 Corolla.

 

[Bill in Utah]

1986 Jetta - 393,000
1996 Chevy truck - 255,000
2004 GMC truck - 121,000
2005 Corolla - 154,000

I've never replaced a clutch. One time I had to replace the throwout bearing.

Bill

 

[Trajan]

100,300.

 

[Drew99GT]

Originally Posted By: Bill in Utah
1986 Jetta - 393,000
1996 Chevy truck - 255,000
2004 GMC truck - 121,000
2005 Corolla - 154,000

I've never replaced a clutch. One time I had to replace the throwout bearing.

Bill


Amazing! Really, if you do not abuse them, and make a habit of shifting to neutral and taking your foot off the clutch pedal while idling (especially at stop lights - saves the throwout bearing), you can get long life from clutches. Use it like an on/off switch (smoothly of course).

I've driven with people that use the clutch to hold a car on hills for crying out loud. Apparently they don't understand what that burning smell is.

 

[Pablo]

The clutch in my 1996 Volvo 850 is pushing 140K miles. Feels like it did when new.

 

[labman]

81 Phoenix, 140 K on original
92 Grand AM, 180 K '' HO Quad 4 while my kids were in highschool
02 Cavalier, 160 K ''
77 LUV, 143 K on third clutch. Of course, it seldom driven more than 1/2 mile without a stop sigh or strop light.

 

[JohnBrowning]

ON Toyota trucks which is the bulk ofmy experince with a clutch any where from 200K-500K is fairly common with 300K being the mean average. Usualy if the vechile is old and low milage like 17 years old and only 50K miles something like a pressure plate finger will break off and damage the clutch etc.....

 

[Herz]

I had my clutch replaced about 1k miles ago. It had 124 thousand on it. 2002 sierra.

 

[ffracer]

180,000 on Ford Ranger 95' longbed 2wd 4cyl. It has been driven like a sports car, hauled a bunch of racing cars on trailers, and large loads of logs.

Been around Watkins Glen and Loudon (NH Int'l Speedway) at speed a bunch of times as a course car.

Slave is starting to leak and pilot bearing is going, but still works.

 

[J281v8]

216,000 on my ranger

 

[Lurch]

I have original clutch at 63k miles.

I bought a new Civic DX Coupe in 1994 and put 253k on it and it never needed a new clutch - lots of stop & go driving. I was always careful with it not to slip the clutch when I shifted, and it paid off.

 

[demarpaint]

Depends on a lot of things, and what the vehicle is used for. I sold a Ford Van with about 155,000 miles on the original clutch, and a Chevy Suburban with about the same miles on the original clutch. Both were work vehicles doing a lot of stop and go. I had a slave cyl go and leak all over the place, in about 30,000 miles. That clutch went in the garbage, it looked fine, but I wasn't taking any chances cleaning it and risk doing the job twice.

I sold a girl a new Honda Civic, and she wasted the clutch in 2000 miles. What I'm getting at is it depends.

 

[wantin150]

1983 Nissan pkp - 133,000

2003 Matrix XRS - 86,000 - still on it. known for weak clutches.

 

[levi]

94 Geo Prizm 165,000+

 

[donny939]

i had an 01 civic who/s throw out bearing went before the clutch did at around 100,00 miles

 

[SLCraig]

About 130k miles, '96 Saturn... pressure plate is weak I think, gonna do the clutch kit swap in the spring.

 

[TylerL]

Brother's 96 accord ex ~260,000 miles on original clutch. Slave cylinder was replaced by previous owner
Sister's 95 civic lx 190,000 miles, clutch might need to be replaced.
Dad's 2000 Maxima SE needed a clutch at about 50,000 due to warped pressure plate

I've got a motor bike like Pablo's, and its clutch needs adjustment every few hundred miles. Still on original friction material though.

 

[HM12460]

125,000 on my ranger,still nice and tight! 2.3/5 speed