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Hyundai Kona clutch slipping

  • 04-09-2020 9:30pm
    #1
    Damien360
    Registered Users Posts: 6,237 ✭✭✭


    Didn’t want to put this in the brake failure thread.

    We have a manual Kona 181 petrol 1L with 17k on clock and every so often on it feels like it is clutch slipping. As you try to move off, especially when turning, you get this chugging (light feel) almost like wheels spinning which is what I originally thought it was but my wife drives like Miss Daisy and she got the same today pulling off from lights. Google tells me nothing but searching for Kia issues brings up loads of issues like that and they are shared gearboxes.

    Any Kona owners or mechanics here that have seen this. Had a software issue previously on service interval counter. She has decided that because we didn’t have a single issue worth mentioning on our 07 avensis previous to this for over 10 years that it may be time to give the Kona a shove.


Comments

  • #2
    Pmoylan
    Registered Users Posts: 16 ✭Pmoylan


    Had a similar issue on a 07 Mazda 3, rear main seal was leaking onto the clutch.


  • #3
    zg3409
    Registered Users Posts: 6,549 ✭✭✭zg3409


    Ask a back street mechanic to test drive it. They will know for sure. Everything besides normal clutch wear should be still covered by warranty. As its clutch I would get independant opinion before dealer blames you and does not cover under warranty.


  • #4
    garv123
    Registered Users Posts: 6,576 ✭✭✭garv123


    Do hyundai still make their clutches out of chocolate?

    I know they replaced a lot of them under warranty on models from a few years ago.


  • #5
    Ta ceist agam
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 387 ✭✭Ta ceist agam


    Did you buy this new or used?

    If used, it may have been an ex rental car with multiple drivers abusing the clutch.


  • #6
    bobbyy gee
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,306 ✭✭✭bobbyy gee


    Hyundai kia use cvt
    Transmissions

    I had a rental ford and it was 6 months old car that failed

    Kia transmissions are slow to change so car engine races


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  • #7
    Damien360
    Registered Users Posts: 6,237 ✭✭✭Damien360


    Ta ceist agam wrote: »
    Did you buy this new or used?

    If used, it may have been an ex rental car with multiple drivers abusing the clutch.

    Bought new. Wife drives it. Never had issues like this on any other car so it’s not her technique. Doesn’t happen always but has happened to me also.


  • #8
    Henry Ford III
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 17,615 Mod ✭✭✭✭Henry Ford III


    bobbyy gee wrote: »
    Hyundai kia use cvt
    Transmissions

    I had a rental ford and it was 6 months old car that failed

    Kia transmissions are slow to change so car engine races

    Could have sworn they sold manual cars too.


  • #9
    Chrismk
    Registered Users Posts: 1 ✭Chrismk


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058110603/hyundai-kona-clutch-slipping

    Hello. Did you ever figure out what this was? My Kona experiences something similar, most notably when Im in traffic and the engine is warm. Car judders as I pull away, no matter what I do. Had the car from new.



  • #10
    Damien360
    Registered Users Posts: 6,237 ✭✭✭Damien360


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118910860#Comment_118910860

    This kept happening to us and we felt it was actually the clutch slipping. We also had it from new. And yes when I think about it, it never happened coming out of the driveway but when the car was warm. It was a town car only and had very small mileage. We had a avensis for 10 years before that and never had any clutch issues so it’s not driving style. We sold it on for a Toyota CHR.



  • #11
    cpoh1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,603 ✭✭✭cpoh1


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118910902#Comment_118910902

    Well AKMC is not going to like that!



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