Betty the Yeti

[andyglym]

The C-in-C's Yeti clutch decided to throw the towel in today on a dual carriageway 50m short of the roundabout whilst the C-in-C was driving. A very busy and fast road. Child No.3 swiftly ejected and hazards on. A kind van driver towed Betty off down a side road (The Police rubber necked on the way past without stopping). AA recovered Betty to the garage where she's booked in for a cambelt change and service next week. Result

#kinbigbillinbound!

45k miles FFS!

Could've been worse, Could've been raining

 

[Stevo7682]

Have to say Andy that's a really low miles for a vag group clutch fail .
My last 2 vag group cars have both had to get clutches my Seat Alhambra clutch started slipping at 226k my last skoda superb dual mass flywheel failed 180k ( fitted clutch and flywheel) current skoda superb 149k and all is well.

Stephen.

 

[andyglym]

Have to say Andy that's a really low miles for a vag group clutch fail .
My last 2 vag group cars have both had to get clutches my Seat Alhambra clutch started slipping at 226k my last skoda superb dual mass flywheel failed 180k ( fitted clutch and flywheel) current skoda superb 149k and all is well.

Stephen.

Me too mate. The C-in-C did say that to the AA man and he said that yes, the Yeti is a mega reliable car (that's why we got it), he did say though that the clutch on the 1.2tsi is a bit lightweight but cheap to buy (define cheap). Many things involved in the clutch as you know, when I got their it was on the floor and goosed, got it towed to a safe place and took the nipper home. The AA had it working and driving but then it went again, hydraulics We'll get the results in a day or two. Never had a clutch go on me in any car with less than 100k miles.

 

[Stevo7682]

Is it maybe the hydraulic side of things either the clutch master or slave cylinder has failed as opposed to the clutch unit itself failing.
Stephen.

 

[andyglym]

Is it maybe the hydraulic side of things either the clutch master or slave cylinder has failed as opposed to the clutch unit itself failing.
Stephen.

Could be mate, fingers crossed

 

[Stevo7682]

What age is Betty Andy

 

[andyglym]

What age is Betty Andy

2016 mate so not old.

 

[the Nefyn cat]

If you wanted a reliable car you should have bought a Volkswagen. Oh, hang on a minute..............

 

[Stevo7682]

From what I can see looks like the 1.2 uses an external mounted slave cylinder unlike the 2.0tdi which uses an internal concentric release bearing ( so slave cylinder and release bearing all one bit internal)

 

[t-tony]

At least an external cylinder should easier, and less expensive to replace. I would be bending some ears at VW to cover the cost.

Tony.

 

[Mr H]

the Yeti is a mega reliable car

Agreed, I had one as a company car and happily dealt with road and off-road conditions that it really shouldn't of have (but not snow - cpmpany was too tightfisted to fit winters!)

 

[Iamjonw]

Mrs W has an Audi A3 Cabrio, had it from new, it will be 6 years old in April and covered less than 20K. Last year she was on the way to the Audi dealership for a routine service and got caught in a narrow lane and ended up reversing for about 500M, somehow burned out the clutch.

The Audi dealership recovered the car and repaired it, total bill circa £3K -f'ing shysters