The engine of your car is sophisticated, it is not always easy to read all the signs it sends us. However, it is absolutely crucial to try to stay on alert for the slightest indication of weakness in your car to limit the risk of serious concerns. If you have the feeling that your clutch is slipping on your Kia E Niro, you’re right to have started investigating. It’s a problem that must be taken into account rather quickly, otherwise you could end up with an unusable car. To help you in your approach our team has chose to prepare this guide which should allow you to see more clearly and make the right decisions to avoid aggravating the issue and ensure 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 Kia E Niro is and how to check that this is what is happening to you, and then, what steps can be taken to resolve the issue.

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What is slipping clutch on Kia E Niro and how to spot it?

A Kia E Niro with a clutch that slips

The clutch of your Kia E Niro is the component that allows your car to change gears. It is located 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 Kia E Niro 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 worn for it to engage on the flywheel.

How to spot clutch slipping on an Kia E Niro?

There are several ways to identify that the clutch of your Kia E Niro is slipping. You can perform all of these tests 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 as well encounter a burning smell.
To confirm the first observation, you can stop, pull the hand brake, engage the first gear, accelerate reasonably by releasing the clutch of your car carefully, if your engine rises in revs but the Kia E Niro is still fixed 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 car should stall, if not, your clutch is probably dead.

What should I do when my clutch slips on my Kia E Niro?

Limit the wear of your Kia E Niro clutch

We will now give you some recommendations to limit the wear of your clutch and avoid your clutch slipping on your Kia E Niro. Firstly, it is good not to leave your foot on the clutch pedal, whether or not the pressure you apply is very mild you will pre wear the clutch release bearing which will eventually end up in a full change of the clutch kit. One more point not to be missed, do not over-accelerate when you start, your acceleration must constantly be adapted to the velocity 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 Kia E Niro clutch

Finally, in this last portion, we will discuss the repair part. In case the clutch of your Kia E Niro is dead, you may be stuck at a standstill and have no other solution than to call the tow truck, because a dead clutch no longer allows the transmission to transfer power to the wheels. If this is the case, 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 depending on the engine and the workshop.

If perhaps you have any additional questions about the Kia E Niro, do not hesitate to consult our Kia E Niro category.