The engine of your car is elaborate, it is not always easy to interpret all the signs it sends us. However, it is absolutely necessary to try to stay on alert for the slightest sign of weakness in your automobile to limit the risk of serious problems. If you have the impression that your clutch is slipping on your Nissan Murano, 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 useless automobile. To help you in your approach our team has decided to compose this article which should allow you to see more clearly and make the right decisions to avoid aggravating the problem and ensure that it is indeed the issue you are victim of. To achieve this, we will first check out what a slipping clutch on Nissan Murano is and how to check that this is what is happening to you, and then, what steps can be taken to solve the problem.

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What is slipping clutch on Nissan Murano and how to identify it?

A Nissan Murano with a clutch that slips

The clutch of your Nissan Murano is the component that enables your engine 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 collect the power transmitted by the clutch. With wear, the clutch of your Nissan Murano 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 identify clutch slipping on an Nissan Murano?

There are several solutions to identify that the clutch of your Nissan Murano is slipping. You can accomplish all of these examinations 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 experience a burning smell.
To confirm the first statement, you can stop, pull the hand brake, engage the first one, accelerate moderately by releasing the clutch of your vehicle softly, if your engine rises in revs but the Nissan Murano remains 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 automobile should stall, if not, your clutch is most likely dead.

What should I do when my clutch slips on my Nissan Murano?

Some advices to avoir the wear of your Nissan Murano clutch

We will now give you some suggestions to limit the wear of your clutch and avoid your clutch slipping on your Nissan Murano. First of all, it is wise not to leave your foot on the clutch pedal, even if the pressure you apply is very light you will pre wear the clutch release bearing which will sooner or later end up in a complete change of the clutch kit. Another point not to be missed, do not over-accelerate when you start your car, your acceleration must permanently be adapted to the velocity of your engine. In the event 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 Nissan Murano clutch

At last, in this last part, we will address the repair part. In case the clutch of your Nissan Murano is useless, you may possibly be stuck at a standstill and have no other solution than to phone the tow truck, because a dead clutch no longer allows the transmission to transmit power to the wheels. If this is the case, be aware that you will have to replace the complete clutch kit, this repair necessitates quite a few hours of work and is estimated to cost between 500 and 1200 euros depending on the engine and the mechanic.

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