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Quote: Originally posted by tetchy100 on 06/11/2012

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You should be covered by warranty, as at 19000 miles it wouldnt be considered wear and tear, or if they do try that 1 on, i would argue it all day long. ive just had the clutch and flywheel replaced in my 57 plate outlander but thats the older 2.0d engine from vw and has done 94000 miles

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If my memory serves me right, a large number of the Mitsubishi outlander vehicle were recalled with clutch problems a couple of years back.

Quote: Originally posted by hughandpenny on 10/11/2012

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Neither of us drive with foot resting on the clutch and have had no issues with any other cars or clutches driven/towed in the same way as with this car.
I too thought that Outlander/Citroen/Peugeot had clutch issues but they are denying this even after presenting them with forum conversations as above. They are standing on saying that we will have to authorise the strip down and then IF a fault is found they will do it under warranty but if it is just a wear issue we will have the whole cost to bear.....NOT HAPPY but in a catch 22 as if we continue to drive and it gets worse they will have a get out of jail card as it cant be a manufacturing issue if we have continued to drive. Their attitude is pay up and we will look at it and see whether it is a warranty claim if not pay up some more. Me thinks wont be buying Mitsubishi again whatever the outcome

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Its a bit unfair on mitsubishi/citroen/peugeot as regaurds the clutch issue as i know that other manufacturers have had or are having major issues with the dual mass flywheel, i had the same problem with the vauxhall cdti engine which is used in most fiat, vauxhall and saab cars plus some others and ford have issues with it, i dont think there were this many issues with the old solid state clutch and i know on ford transits they are retro fitting the old solid state clutch back in!

I had a similar issue as regaurds to having to autherise work to check a fault with said cdti engine but in the end it was a warranty claim and didnt cost me a penny, if i were u i would take the chance and autherise the work as im pretty sure if what youve said is correct they will find its not a wear and tear fault!

Quote: Originally posted by misterg on 08/1/2013

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neil and lena - can't understand your comment that inexperienced and elderly abuse "there" clutches. The elderly are usually very experienced it appears to be a contradiction.
Is the auto Outlander any good to avoid this problem. Has anyone used one for towing?