One of my friend has a 2003 tiburon and been racing one night he isnt to good drivig a stick yet and he smoked the clutch big time warped the disk and pressure plate and somehow screwed up the flywheel and throw out bearing on it also. It only has 1500 miles on it too should this be covered or is it a little extreme by the way he didnt say he was racing to the dealer.

 

Definitely should NOT be covered...warranties don't cover abuse...Tell your friend to suck it up and fix it...that or learn how to shift

Jason

 

The clutch isn't covered in the warrantee.

They knew that there are people like your friend so they didn't put the clutch as part of the warrantee.

Your friend is out of luck....I think all car manufacturers dont cover the clutch anyways in their warrrantee.

 

The warranty does NOT cover motorsports applications. Your friend will have to bear the cost of repairs himself.It is pretty obvious what he was doing if you take the clutch out and look at it, the wear and tear patterns on any car suggest what it was used for. He should also learn how to change gears properly.

[ September 20, 2002, 11:10 PM: Message edited by: MechaniX_034 ]

 

Clutches r never warrentied and in the owner manual any abuse will void warrenty. You should of learned to drive a stick. ive never seen a clutch wear out within 1500 miles what did you do stay in 1st gear and toped at 3rd

 

Odd. Subaru covers clutch warranties in their titles for first 3 months but they can deny it for 'abuse'

 

A clutch can in fact be covered under a warranty, but that is at the discretion of the dealer/manufacturer. Most warranties will not cover a clutch as it is considered a 'normal wear' item, just like brakes.

This is actually a great example of how warranties work with aftermarket parts. The dealer takes the car in with the intention of repairing it under warranty. Once they have the car apart, the dealer finds that it is not in fact a defect, but rather something caused by an aftermarket part. There was no pre-judged cause for the problem.

In the case of the 2003 Tib, the dealer expects to find a defect in the clutch which caused premature failure, most likely covered under the warranty. Upon removing the clutch from the car, the dealer finds that the problem was not caused by defect, but by blatant abuse on the owners part. The dealer didn't pop the hood and proclaim the warranty void because he may have an intake on the car from the start.

Sorry, but your friend is screwed. I don't blame the dealer at all for not applying warranty covereage. Your friend needs to learn how to drive.

 

As the stated in the manual. Vehicles which contain non-genuine parts, or which have been misused, or improperly maintained, will not have the coverage under the Replacement parts and accessories limited warranty DENIED, unless the non-hyundai genuine part, the misuse, or the improper maintance directly caused or contributed to the subsequent problem . Meaning a cold air intake will not void an electrical problem.

 

gee junior most of use had know about the warrenty thing for a while. but it is not an aftermarket part that caused the clutch to go. it was dumb driving.

 

When you race you take risks.. One is the car.. Have him suck it up work overtime and buy a stage three clutch..