The engine of your car is sophisticated, it is not always easy to read all the signals it sends us. Nevertheless, it is certainly essential 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 Peugeot 2008, you’re right to have started researching. It’s a defect that must be taken into account quickly, otherwise you could end up with an useless automobile. To help you in your approach 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 be certain that it is indeed the trouble you are victim of. To accomplish this, we will first take a look at what a slipping clutch on Peugeot 2008 is and how to check that this is what is happening to you, and then, what measures can be taken to solve the problem.

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What is slipping clutch on Peugeot 2008 and how to spot it?

A Peugeot 2008 with a clutch that slips

The clutch of your Peugeot 2008 is the component that allows your automobile 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 Peugeot 2008 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 damaged for it to engage on the flywheel.

How to spot clutch slipping on an Peugeot 2008?

There are some methods to find out that the clutch of your Peugeot 2008 is slipping. You can perform all of these examinations yourself.
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 experience a burning smell.
To verify the first statement, you can stop, pull the hand brake, engage the first gear, accelerate reasonably by releasing the clutch of your car delicately, if it turns out your engine unit rises in revs but the Peugeot 2008 is still 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 if my clutch slips on my Peugeot 2008?

Limit the wear of your Peugeot 2008 clutch

We will now give you some recommendations to limit the wear of your clutch and avoid your clutch slipping on your Peugeot 2008. First of all, it is good 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 produce a total change of the clutch kit. One more point not to be missed, do not over-accelerate when you start, your acceleration must permanently be adapted to the speed of your engine unit. If 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 Peugeot 2008 clutch

At last, in this last portion, we will address the repair part. In case the clutch of your Peugeot 2008 is useless, you may be stuck at a standstill and have no other alternative than to call the tow truck, because a dead clutch no longer allows the transmission to transmit power to the wheels. If this is the case, bear in mind that you will have to change the complete clutch kit, this repair necessitates 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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