Hi there,
I bought my MK4 last year on approx 18K miles. The car felt fine and drove well. Any time I was out and after putting my foot down quite a few times it felt like the clutch started to slip. The wheels were not spinning, no traction light on, no vibrations, just that the revs would shoot up as if it wasn't in gear (it was) or as if the clutch was fully depressed (it wasn't) as I would gain very little speed if not none at all. If I slowly eased into it then it mostly didn't have the issue. Changing gears or modes didn't resolve it. It was only doing it after certain rev ranges, so for example, if I was going 40 then put my foot down in 6th it would slowly pick up then slip after like 3.5K revs.
It only did it sometimes and it wasn't much of a bother, but the only way to resolve it was to park the car up and let it completely cool down.
After mapping the car to Mountune m330 I noticed that it was doing it more. Same issue, same way to resolve it.
I've now also got Mountune m365 and although I've not been able to drive it much yet, but the few times I've taken it out it has this issue pretty much every time.
Is this clutch? I've seen videos online of other MK STs having clutch slips and mine looks almost identical.
I took it to the Ford dealership to have it looked at under warranty but they said they found no issues.
If it is clutch, can I get a replacement? Are there any recommendations? I can't seem to find much online regarding the MK4s. I was trying to find out if it was the same clutch as any of the other STs or the MK3 RS, but again, I couldn't find anything.
I bought my MK4 last year on approx 18K miles. The car felt fine and drove well. Any time I was out and after putting my foot down quite a few times it felt like the clutch started to slip. The wheels were not spinning, no traction light on, no vibrations, just that the revs would shoot up as if it wasn't in gear (it was) or as if the clutch was fully depressed (it wasn't) as I would gain very little speed if not none at all. If I slowly eased into it then it mostly didn't have the issue. Changing gears or modes didn't resolve it. It was only doing it after certain rev ranges, so for example, if I was going 40 then put my foot down in 6th it would slowly pick up then slip after like 3.5K revs.
It only did it sometimes and it wasn't much of a bother, but the only way to resolve it was to park the car up and let it completely cool down.
After mapping the car to Mountune m330 I noticed that it was doing it more. Same issue, same way to resolve it.
I've now also got Mountune m365 and although I've not been able to drive it much yet, but the few times I've taken it out it has this issue pretty much every time.
Is this clutch? I've seen videos online of other MK STs having clutch slips and mine looks almost identical.
I took it to the Ford dealership to have it looked at under warranty but they said they found no issues.
If it is clutch, can I get a replacement? Are there any recommendations? I can't seem to find much online regarding the MK4s. I was trying to find out if it was the same clutch as any of the other STs or the MK3 RS, but again, I couldn't find anything.
