The engine of your car is sophisticated, it is not always easy to read all the symptoms it sends us. On the other hand, it is absolutely fundamental to try to stay on alert for the slightest symptom of weakness in your vehicle to limit the risk of serious problems. If you have the sense that your clutch is slipping on your Genesis G80, you’re right to have started researching. It’s a problem that must be taken into account fairly quickly, otherwise you could end up with an useless vehicle. To help you in your way our team has decided to prepare this guide which should allow you to see more clearly and make the right decisions to avoid aggravating the issue and make sure that it is indeed the issue you are victim of. To get this done, we will first check out what a slipping clutch on Genesis G80 is and how to check that this is what is occurring to you, and then, what measures can be taken to correct the issue.

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What is slipping clutch on Genesis G80 and how to identify it?

A Genesis G80 with a clutch that slips

The clutch of your Genesis G80 is the component that allows your car to shift 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 Genesis G80 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 Genesis G80?

There are many solutions to find out that the clutch of your Genesis G80 is slipping. You can accomplish all of these tests on your own.
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 as well experience a burning smell.
To confirm the first observation, you can stop, pull the hand brake, engage the first one, accelerate reasonably by releasing the clutch of your car delicately, if your engine rises in revs but the Genesis G80 remains fixed it is the symptom 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 when ever my clutch slips on my Genesis G80?

Some advices to avoir the wear of your Genesis G80 clutch

We will right now give you some recommendations to limit the wear of your clutch and avoid your clutch slipping on your Genesis G80. First of all, it is wise not to leave your foot on the clutch pedal, whether or not the pressure you apply is very light you will pre wear the clutch release bearing which will eventually 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. In the event 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 Genesis G80 clutch

At last, in this last part, we will discuss the repair part. In case the clutch of your Genesis G80 is useless, you may 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 case, be aware 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 depending on the engine and the garage.

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