I just purchased a 2004 1.8T from the local Audi dealership. While I was test driving it, I noticed that the clutch didn't "feel" right. After inspecting it, they agreed to replace it fora new one. Well I picked it up last week and put A LOT of miles on it over the weekend...approximately 1100 highway miles. Well, I was out of town when my girlfriend picked it up from the dealership and when she got it home, she said that it stunk...like it was hot. So I told her to just leave it in the garage and I'd check it out when I got home... Anyway, it smells like a burning clutch... Even after the 1100 miles, it still smells...

Here's the part I don't agree with...I called the dealership and questioned them on it. The salesman said that he talked to the service tech and he had indicated that it's just because it's a new clutch and that the smell will eventually go away. I'm not sure that I agree with that... I've purchased many brand new cars and the clutch has never smelled like it's burning...not even after running an 11.20 in the quarter on a stock clutch in my Cobra (that thing had to have been slipping). Anyway...it just doesn't make a lot of sense to me...

Your thoughts??

 

sounds like someone cant drive the car and was burning up the clutch.

 

I'm pretty sure that I know how to drive a manual transmission car...being that this is my 8thMT vehicleand I've never had to replace a clutch while I've owned them...

Regardless of that...it smells after driving down the highway...FYI that means limited clutch use...

 

if it persists or gets worse, etc... over the next few days/weeks bring it back to them and just keep complaing, maybe theey fucked it up putting it in.

 

Highway miles dont really count when breaking in a clutch. I dont know if its possible, but maybe its installed in such a way that no matter wat you do it will slip, even when you have it engaged.

 

Was it aligned and torquesd down properly?