The engine of your car is elaborate, it is not always easy to understand all the signals it sends us. However, it is totally necessary to try to stay on alert for the slightest indication of weakness in your car to limit the risk of serious complications. If you have the impression that your clutch is slipping on your Mercedes Classe B 2, you’re right to have started examining. 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 way our team has chose to produce 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 problem you are victim of. To achieve this, we will first have a look at what a slipping clutch on Mercedes Classe B 2 is and how to check that this is what is occurring to you, and then, what steps can be taken to resolve the issue.

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What is slipping clutch on Mercedes Classe B 2 and how to recognize it?

A Mercedes Classe B 2 with a clutch that slips

The clutch of your Mercedes Classe B 2 is the component that allows your automobile to shift 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 collect the power transmitted by the clutch. With wear, the clutch of your Mercedes Classe B 2 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 Mercedes Classe B 2?

There are some techniques to find out that the clutch of your Mercedes Classe B 2 is slipping. You can carry out 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 also 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 it turns out your engine unit rises in revs but the Mercedes Classe B 2 is still 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 car should stall, if not, your clutch is almost certainly dead.

What should I do if my clutch slips on my Mercedes Classe B 2?

Limit the wear of your Mercedes Classe B 2 clutch

We will at this point give you some tips to limit the wear of your clutch and avoid your clutch slipping on your Mercedes Classe B 2. First of all, it is good not to leave your foot on the clutch pedal, even if the pressure you apply is very mild you will pre wear the clutch release bearing which will eventually end up in a complete change of the clutch kit. An additional point not to be neglected, do not over-accelerate when you start your car, your acceleration must always be adapted to the speed of your engine unit. 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 Mercedes Classe B 2 clutch

Finally, in this last part, we will address the repair part. In case the clutch of your Mercedes Classe B 2 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, 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 depending on the engine and the workshop.

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