The engine of your car is complex, it is not always easy to interpret all the signals it sends us. However, it is absolutely necessary to try to stay on alert for the slightest indication of weakness in your vehicle to limit the risk of serious complications. If you have the sense that your clutch is slipping on your Mazda 5, you’re right to have started looking into it. It’s a problem that must be taken into account as soon as possible, 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 decisions to avoid aggravating the problem and confirm that it is indeed the trouble you are victim of. To achieve this, we will first take a look at what a slipping clutch on Mazda 5 is and how to examine that this is what is occurring to you, and then, what actions can be taken to resolve the problem.
What is slipping clutch on Mazda 5 and how to detect it?
A Mazda 5 with a clutch that slips
The clutch of your Mazda 5 is the part that allows your vehicle to shift 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 Mazda 5 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 detect clutch slipping on an Mazda 5?
There are many techniques to identify that the clutch of your Mazda 5 is slipping. You can execute all of these tests without any help.
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 encounter 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 car lightly, if your engine rises in revs but the Mazda 5 remains 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 probably dead.
What should I do when ever my clutch slips on my Mazda 5?
Limit the wear of your Mazda 5 clutch
We will now give you some tips to limit the wear of your clutch and avoid your clutch slipping on your Mazda 5. Firstly, it is good 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 produce a full change of the clutch kit. One more point not to be omitted, do not over-accelerate when you start your car, 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 Mazda 5 clutch
Finally, in this last portion, we will talk about the repair part. In case the clutch of your Mazda 5 is useless, you may possibly 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, take note that you will have to change the complete clutch kit, this repair requires quite a few hours of work and is approximated to cost between 500 and 1200 euros based on the engine and the garage.
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