The engine of your car is complex, it is not always easy to read all the symptoms it sends us. Nevertheless, it is totally important to try to stay on alert for the slightest indication of weakness in your vehicle to limit the risk of serious problems. If you have the feeling that your clutch is slipping on your Citroen Jumpy, you’re right to have started researching. It’s a problem that must be taken into account as soon as possible, otherwise you could end up with an useless vehicle. To help you in your way our team has decided to write this guide which should allow you to see more clearly and make the right choice to avoid aggravating the problem and confirm that it is indeed the trouble you are victim of. To get this done, we will first have a look at what a slipping clutch on Citroen Jumpy is and how to verify that this is what is occurring to you, and then, what measures can be taken to solve the problem.

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What is slipping clutch on Citroen Jumpy and how to identify it?

A Citroen Jumpy with a clutch that slips

The clutch of your Citroen Jumpy is the component that enables your automobile to change gears. It is placed between your gearbox and your engine. It is the component that comes into contact with the flywheel which is located on the engine side and which will receive the power transmitted by the clutch. With wear, the clutch of your Citroen Jumpy slips because it is made up of notches that engage in the flywheel, and with wear and friction it wears out. It is said that the clutch slips when its teeth are too damaged for it to engage on the flywheel.

How to identify clutch slipping on an Citroen Jumpy?

There are many ways to find out that the clutch of your Citroen Jumpy is slipping. You can carry out all of these checks without any help.
You can simply find out that your clutch slips when you accelerate and your engine revs up, but your car does not speed up, you may also experience a burning smell.
To validate the first statement, you can stop, pull the hand brake, engage the first gear, accelerate reasonably by releasing the clutch of your car gently, if it turns out your engine unit rises in revs but the Citroen Jumpy keeps stationary it is the indication of a dead clutch.
Finally, you can put yourself, still in third gear, with the handbrake on, and by releasing it, your vehicle should stall, if not, your clutch is almost certainly dead.

What should I do if my clutch slips on my Citroen Jumpy?

Limit the wear of your Citroen Jumpy clutch

We will at this point give you some ideas to limit the wear of your clutch and avoid your clutch slipping on your Citroen Jumpy. First of all, it is wise not to leave your foot on the clutch pedal, regardless if the pressure you apply is very mild you will pre wear the clutch release bearing which will sooner or later lead to a full change of the clutch kit. One more point not to be neglected, do not over-accelerate when you start your car, your acceleration must constantly be adapted to the velocity of your engine unit. If you are at a standstill accelerate slowly, if you are at medium speed accelerate gradually when you release the clutch pedal of your car so as not to make it slip against your engine flywheel.

Replacing your Citroen Jumpy clutch

At last, in this last portion, we will address the repair part. In circumstance the clutch of your Citroen Jumpy is dead, you may possibly be stuck at a standstill and have no other solution than to phone the tow truck, because a dead clutch no longer allows the transmission to transmit power to the wheels. If this is the circumstance, bear in mind that you will have to change the complete clutch kit, this repair requires quite a few hours of work and is estimated to cost between 500 and 1200 euros according to the engine and the mechanic.

Whenever you have any further questions about the Citroen Jumpy, do not hesitate to consult our Citroen Jumpy category.