The engine of your car is elaborate, it is not always easy to understand all the symptoms it sends us. Nevertheless, it is certainly essential to try to stay on alert for the slightest sign of weakness in your car to limit the risk of serious concerns. If you have the feeling that your clutch is slipping on your Infiniti QX60, you’re right to have started looking into it. It’s a defect that must be taken into account rather quickly, otherwise you could end up with an unusable car. To help you in your way our team has decided to compose this article which should allow you to see more clearly and make the right choice to avoid aggravating the situation and confirm that it is indeed the trouble you are victim of. To accomplish this, we will first have a look at what a slipping clutch on Infiniti QX60 is and how to check that this is what is happening to you, and then, what steps can be taken to resolve the situation.

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What is slipping clutch on Infiniti QX60 and how to detect it?

A Infiniti QX60 with a clutch that slips

The clutch of your Infiniti QX60 is the part that allows your engine to change gears. It is located between your gearbox and your engine. It is the part 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 Infiniti QX60 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 overused for it to engage on the flywheel.

How to detect clutch slipping on an Infiniti QX60?

There are several techniques to identify that the clutch of your Infiniti QX60 is slipping. You can carry out all of these examinations yourself.
You can simply identify 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 confirm the first observation, you can stop, pull the parking brake, engage the first one, accelerate moderately by releasing the clutch of your vehicle lightly, if it turns out your engine rises in revs but the Infiniti QX60 is still stationary it is the sign of a dead clutch.
Finally, you can put yourself, still in third gear, with the handbrake on, and by releasing it, your car should stall, if not, your clutch is most likely dead.

What should I do when my clutch slips on my Infiniti QX60?

Some advices to avoir the wear of your Infiniti QX60 clutch

We will at this point give you some tips to limit the wear of your clutch and avoid your clutch slipping on your Infiniti QX60. To begin with, it is good 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. An additional point not to be omitted, do not over-accelerate when you start, your acceleration must permanently be adapted to the speed of your engine. In the event that 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 Infiniti QX60 clutch

Finally, in this last part, we will talk about the repair part. In case the clutch of your Infiniti QX60 is dead, you may be stuck at a standstill and have no other alternative than to contact the tow truck, because a dead clutch no longer allows the transmission to transmit power to the wheels. If this is the case, bear in mind that you will have to replace the complete clutch kit, this repair necessitates quite a few hours of work and is approximated to cost between 500 and 1200 euros based on the engine and the workshop.

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