The engine of your car is complex, it is not always easy to understand all the signs it sends us. However, it is definitely fundamental to try to stay on alert for the slightest sign of weakness in your vehicle to limit the risk of serious problems. If you have the feeling that your clutch is slipping on your Kia Venga, you’re right to have started investigating. It’s a defect that must be taken into account rather quickly, otherwise you could end up with an unusable vehicle. To help you in your way our team has decided to prepare this article which should allow you to see more clearly and make the right choice to avoid aggravating the situation and ensure that it is indeed the issue you are victim of. To get this done, we will first look at what a slipping clutch on Kia Venga is and how to examine that this is what is occurring to you, and then, what steps can be taken to correct the situation.
What is slipping clutch on Kia Venga and how to recognize it?
A Kia Venga with a clutch that slips
The clutch of your Kia Venga is the part that permits your vehicle to change gears. It is placed 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 Kia Venga 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 recognize clutch slipping on an Kia Venga?
There are many ways to find out that the clutch of your Kia Venga is slipping. You can accomplish all of these tests 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 as well experience a burning smell.
To validate the first observation, you can stop, pull the hand brake, engage the first gear, accelerate reasonably by releasing the clutch of your vehicle gently, in the event that your engine rises in revs but the Kia Venga remains fixed 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 vehicle should stall, if not, your clutch is most likely dead.
What should I do if my clutch slips on my Kia Venga?
Limit the wear of your Kia Venga clutch
We will at this point give you some recommendations to limit the wear of your clutch and avoid your clutch slipping on your Kia Venga. Firstly, 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 eventually result in a complete change of the clutch kit. Another point not to be neglected, do not over-accelerate when you start, your acceleration must always 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 Kia Venga clutch
At last, in this last part, we will talk about the repair part. In case the clutch of your Kia Venga is useless, you might be stuck at a standstill and have no other solution 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, take note that you will have to replace the complete clutch kit, this repair requires quite a few hours of work and is approximated to cost between 500 and 1200 euros according to the engine and the mechanic.
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