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TL;DR:

1. Clutch repair only three years later - why?

2. Repair manual car or buy a new (manual) one?

Hi,

Looking for some opinions please.

If a 2015 Hyundai Accent had a new clutch put in three years ago, should it already be potentially failing already? (Prior to that, it had the clutch that came with the car when we bought it brand new back in 2015 or possibly 2016 from a dealership).

The car is driven normally/properly. Mostly basic around town daily short drives, with a few minutes of highway driving (100km if not peak hour traffic), but not overly much.

Apparently last time (three years ago) the mechanic we took it to (not Hyundai as it was out of warranty by then, but a good mechanic) put a brand new clutch in, but only “grinded back” or grinded down the flywheel at the time, which apparently saved us money.

THIS time, the recommendation is to put another brand new clutch in, but also, this time, a brand new flywheel as well.

That’s one thing. However, our concern is that there was also a comment made of the problem is likely the above, but it, potentially, “could also possibly be related to the gearbox aka (manual) transmission, but we won’t know that unless or until after the above two things have been done and replaced.”

So basically, my understanding is that the best case scenario is that the clutch is replaced (again) and this time a brand new flywheel also gets put in.

Hopefully, that’s it and we move on with our lives.

However, that’s a lot of money if we then, possibly, also THEN have to find a specialist repairer in our area (the mechanic has already said they do not handle gearboxes) and potentially have to then replace an entire gearbox.

Apparently that could also possibly be a few more grand on top of the original.

What do we do? Cars are expensive to buy, thus we were going to move forward with the repairs. But the latter part has us concerned.

Is there any other way to determine, prior to spending the money on the new clutch and new flywheel, re the gearbox?

It’s a good little car. Still kind of shocked it, apparently, needs a brand-new clutch again after only three years. Is that normal?

On top of the above – we are about to have a learner driver in the house.
This is the car we were going to use for that purpose.
At this point, what do we do? Is it worth just taking the gamble, getting the clutch replaced again and the new flywheel, and hope for the best?

Or, is it better to simply leave it and maybe start looking for a new, used car?
 Which, I think, would still end up costing us more and we wouldn’t know it’s history?

Please also keep in mind, that thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic, unfortunately cars are dearer (more expensive) here than they used to be a decade ago (sigh). We’re in Australia, FWIW.

Sorry, I hope I’m making some kind of sense. Quite stressed about this and the potential $ outlay.

Thank you in advance for any insight or opinions anyone can give here.

Hi,

Looking for some opinions please.

If a 2015 Hyundai Accent had a new clutch put in three years ago, should it already be potentially failing already? (Prior to that, it had the clutch that came with the car when we bought it brand new back in 2015 or possibly 2016 from a dealership).

The car is driven normally/properly. Mostly basic around town daily short drives, with a few minutes of highway driving (100km if not peak hour traffic), but not overly much.

Apparently last time (three years ago) the mechanic we took it to (not Hyundai as it was out of warranty by then, but a good mechanic) put a brand new clutch in, but only “grinded back” or grinded down the flywheel at the time, which apparently saved us money.

THIS time, the recommendation is to put another brand new clutch in, but also, this time, a brand new flywheel as well.

That’s one thing. However, our concern is that there was also a comment made of the problem is likely the above, but it, potentially, “could also possibly be related to the gearbox aka (manual) transmission, but we won’t know that unless or until after the above two things have been done and replaced.”

So basically, my understanding is that the best case scenario is that the clutch is replaced (again) and this time a brand new flywheel also gets put in.

Hopefully, that’s it and we move on with our lives.

However, that’s a lot of money if we then, possibly, also THEN have to find a specialist repairer in our area (the mechanic has already said they do not handle gearboxes) and potentially have to then replace an entire gearbox.

Apparently that could also possibly be a few more grand on top of the original.

What do we do? Cars are expensive to buy, thus we were going to move forward with the repairs. But the latter part has us concerned.

Is there any other way to determine, prior to spending the money on the new clutch and new flywheel, re the gearbox?

It’s a good little car. Still kind of shocked it, apparently, needs a brand-new clutch again after only three years. Is that normal?

On top of the above – we are about to have a learner driver in the house.
This is the car we were going to use for that purpose.
At this point, what do we do? Is it worth just taking the gamble, getting the clutch replaced again and the new flywheel, and hope for the best?

Or, is it better to simply leave it and maybe start looking for a new, used car?
 Which, I think, would still end up costing us more and we wouldn’t know it’s history?

Please also keep in mind, that thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic, unfortunately cars are dearer (more expensive) here than they used to be a decade ago (sigh). We’re in Australia, FWIW.

Sorry, I hope I’m making some kind of sense. Quite stressed about this and the potential $ outlay.

Thank you in advance for any insight or opinions anyone can give here.

Hi,

Can anyone please assist me with the current market value of a 6-speed manual 2015 Hyundai Accent hatchback (Active) please?

It has about 160,000km on the clock.
We originally bought it new from our local Hyundai dealership back in 2015; We have all maintenance logs, etc.

We're in Australia, in case that makes any difference.

Thank you in advance.

Hi,

Can anyone please assist me with the current market value of a 6-speed manual 2015 Hyundai Accent please?

It has about 160,000km on the clock.
We originally bought it new from our local dealership, we have all maintenance logs, etc.

We're in Australia, in case that makes any difference.

Thank you in advance.

Hi,

Can anyone please assist me with the current market value of a 6-speed manual 2015 Hyundai Accent please?

It has about 160,000km on the clock.
We originally bought it new from our local dealership, we have all maintenance logs, etc.

We're in Australia, in case that makes any difference.

Thank you in advance.

Hi,

Can someone please assist me with the current market value of a 6-speed manual 2015 Hyundai Accent please?

It has about 160,000km on the clock.
We bought new, have all maintenance logs, etc.

We're in Australia, in case that makes any difference.

Thank you.

Hi,

Can someone please assist me with the current market value of a 6-speed manual 2015 Hyundai Tucson please?

It has about 160,000km on the clock.

We're in Australia, in case that makes any difference.

Thank you.

EDIT 2: Thank you for your responses. Please accept my profuse apologies with regards to my inadvertent mistake.

Due to that, I have reposted with the correct title. I will turn replies off here now but leave this post in case it helps someone else.

Thank you again.

EDIT: ACCENT NOT TUCSON, I meant!

Hi,

Can someone please assist me with the current market value of a 6-speed manual 2015 Hyundai Accent (NOT TUCSON, oops, sorry) please?

It has about 160,000km on the clock.

Thank you.

EDIT 2: Thank you to all for your responses. Please accept my profuse apologies with regards to my inadvertent mistake.

Due to that, I have reposted with the correct title.

EDIT: ACCENT NOT TUCSON, I meant!

Hi,

Can someone please assist me with the current market value of a 6-speed manual 2015 Hyundai Accent (NOT TUCSON, oops, sorry) please?

It has about 160,000km on the clock.

Thank you.

Hi,

Looking for some opinions aka what would you do type thing, in this situation, please?

If a 2015 Hyundai Accent (manual car, petrol), had a new clutch put in three years ago, should it already be potentially failing already? (Prior to that, it had the clutch that came with the car when we bought it brand new back in 2015 or possibly 2016 from a dealership).

The car is driven normally/properly. Mostly basic around town daily short drives, with a few minutes of highway driving (100km if not peak hour traffic), but not overly much.

EDIT: It is also fully paid off and has just under 160,000km on the clock (mentioning this due to my questions below, in case that makes a difference to anyone).

Apparently last time (three years ago) the mechanic we took it to (not Hyundai as it was out of warranty by then, but a good mechanic) put a brand new clutch in, but only “grinded back” or grinded down the flywheel at the time, which apparently saved us money.

THIS time, the recommendation is to put another brand new clutch in, but also, this time, a brand new flywheel as well.

That’s one thing.

However, our concern is that there was also a comment made along the lines of - the problem is likely the above (& hopefully that's it), but it, potentially, “could also possibly be related to the gearbox aka (manual) transmission, but we won’t know that unless or until after the above two things have been done and replaced.”

So basically, my understanding is that the best case scenario is that the clutch is replaced (again) and this time a brand new flywheel also gets put in.

Hopefully, that’s it and we move on with our lives.

However, that’s a lot of money if we then, possibly, also THEN have to find a specialist repairer in our area (the mechanic has already said they do not handle gearboxes) and potentially have to then replace an entire gearbox.

Apparently that could also possibly be a few more grand on top of the original.

What do we do? Cars are expensive to buy, thus we were going to move forward with the repairs. But the latter part has us concerned.

Is there any other way to determine, prior to spending the money on the new clutch and new flywheel, re the gearbox?

It’s a good little car. Still kind of shocked it, apparently, needs a brand-new clutch again after only three years. Is that normal?

On top of the above – we are about to have a learner driver in the house.
This is the car we were going to use for that purpose.

At this point, what do we do? Is it worth just taking the gamble, getting the clutch replaced again and the new flywheel, and hope for the best?

Or, is it better to simply leave it and maybe start looking for a new, used car?

Which, I think, would still end up costing us more and we wouldn’t know it’s history?

Please also keep in mind, that thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic, unfortunately cars are dearer (more expensive) here than they used to be a decade ago (sigh). We’re in Australia, FWIW.

Sorry, I hope I’m making some kind of sense. Quite stressed about this and the potential $ outlay.

Thank you in advance for any insight or opinions anyone can give here.

Hi,

Looking for some opinions please.

If a 2015 Hyundai Accent (manual car, petrol), had a new clutch put in three years ago, should it already be potentially failing already? (Prior to that, it had the clutch that came with the car when we bought it brand new back in 2015 or possibly 2016 from a dealership).

The car is driven normally/properly. Mostly basic around town daily short drives, with a few minutes of highway driving (100km if not peak hour traffic), but not overly much.

It is also fully paid off (mentioning this due to my questions below, in case that makes a difference to anyone).

Apparently last time (three years ago) the mechanic we took it to (not Hyundai as it was out of warranty by then, but a good mechanic) put a brand new clutch in, but only “grinded back” or grinded down the flywheel at the time, which apparently saved us money.

THIS time, the recommendation is to put another brand new clutch in, but also, this time, a brand new flywheel as well.

That’s one thing. However, our concern is that there was also a comment made of the problem is likely the above, but it, potentially, “could also possibly be related to the gearbox aka (manual) transmission, but we won’t know that unless or until after the above two things have been done and replaced.”

So basically, my understanding is that the best-case scenario is that the clutch is replaced (again) and this time a brand new flywheel also gets put in.

Hopefully, that’s it and we move on with our lives.

However, that’s a lot of money if we then, possibly, also THEN have to find a specialist repairer in our area (the mechanic has already said they do not handle gearboxes) and potentially have to then replace an entire gearbox.

Apparently, that could also possibly be a few more grand on top of the original.

What do we do? Cars are expensive to buy, thus we were going to move forward with the repairs. But the latter part has us concerned.

Is there any other way to determine, prior to spending the money on the new clutch and new flywheel, re the gearbox?

It’s a good little car. Still kind of shocked it, apparently, needs a brand-new clutch again after only three years. Is that normal?

On top of the above – we are about to have a learner driver in the house.
This is the car we were going to use for that purpose.

At this point, what do we do? Is it worth just taking the gamble, getting the clutch replaced again and the new flywheel, and hope for the best?

Or, is it better to simply leave it and maybe start looking for a new, used car?

Which, I think, would still end up costing us more and we wouldn’t know it’s history?

Please also keep in mind, that thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic, unfortunately cars are dearer (more expensive) here than they used to be a decade ago (sigh). We’re in Australia, FWIW.

Sorry, I hope I’m making some kind of sense. Quite stressed about this and the potential $ outlay.

EDIT: We were told the above (the clutch and flywheel) after the mechanic investigated the issue after our car got towed to them. They are the same mechanic who put the new clutch in about three years ago (of course, apparently the warranty was only for two years, sigh).

What happened: In short, the gears were becoming harder to change in general as we drove.
Then, the other day, we went on the highway for the first time in a while.
Once at a higher speed, we were unable to change into the top gears at all.
We then also then struggled to change any, to go back into a lower gear, barely managed to do so and had to pull over and ring a tow truck to come get us.

Back to my questions. What do you think?
What would you do?

Thank you in advance for any insight or opinions anyone can give here.

Hi,

Looking for some opinions please.

If a 2015 Hyundai Accent (manual car, petrol), had a new clutch put in three years ago, should it already be potentially failing already? (Prior to that, it had the clutch that came with the car when we bought it brand new back in 2015 or possibly 2016 from a dealership).

The car is driven normally/properly. Mostly basic around town daily short drives, with a few minutes of highway driving (100km if not peak hour traffic), but not overly much.

EDIT: It is also fully paid off (mentioning this due to my questions below, in case that makes a difference to anyone).

Apparently last time (three years ago) the mechanic we took it to (not Hyundai as it was out of warranty by then, but a good mechanic) put a brand new clutch in, but only “grinded back” or grinded down the flywheel at the time, which apparently saved us money.

THIS time, the recommendation is to put another brand new clutch in, but also, this time, a brand new flywheel as well.

That’s one thing. However, our concern is that there was also a comment made of the problem is likely the above, but it, potentially, “could also possibly be related to the gearbox aka (manual) transmission, but we won’t know that unless or until after the above two things have been done and replaced.”

So basically, my understanding is that the best case scenario is that the clutch is replaced (again) and this time a brand new flywheel also gets put in.

Hopefully, that’s it and we move on with our lives.

However, that’s a lot of money if we then, possibly, also THEN have to find a specialist repairer in our area (the mechanic has already said they do not handle gearboxes) and potentially have to then replace an entire gearbox.

Apparently that could also possibly be a few more grand on top of the original.

What do we do? Cars are expensive to buy, thus we were going to move forward with the repairs. But the latter part has us concerned.

Is there any other way to determine, prior to spending the money on the new clutch and new flywheel, re the gearbox?

It’s a good little car. Still kind of shocked it, apparently, needs a brand-new clutch again after only three years. Is that normal?

On top of the above – we are about to have a learner driver in the house.
This is the car we were going to use for that purpose.

At this point, what do we do? Is it worth just taking the gamble, getting the clutch replaced again and the new flywheel, and hope for the best?

Or, is it better to simply leave it and maybe start looking for a new, used car?
 Which, I think, would still end up costing us more and we wouldn’t know it’s history?

Please also keep in mind, that thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic, unfortunately cars are dearer (more expensive) here than they used to be a decade ago (sigh). We’re in Australia, FWIW.

Sorry, I hope I’m making some kind of sense. Quite stressed about this and the potential $ outlay.

Thank you in advance for any insight or opinions anyone can give here.

Hi,

Looking for some opinions please.

If a 2015 Hyundai Accent had a new clutch put in three years ago, should it already be potentially failing already? (Prior to that, it had the clutch that came with the car when we bought it brand new back in 2015 or possibly 2016 from a dealership).

The car is driven normally/properly. Mostly basic around town daily short drives, with a few minutes of highway driving (100km if not peak hour traffic), but not overly much.

Apparently last time (three years ago) the mechanic we took it to (not Hyundai as it was out of warranty by then, but a good mechanic) put a brand new clutch in, but only “grinded back” or grinded down the flywheel at the time, which apparently saved us money.

THIS time, the recommendation is to put another brand new clutch in, but also, this time, a brand new flywheel as well.

That’s one thing. However, our concern is that there was also a comment made of the problem is likely the above, but it, potentially, “could also possibly be related to the gearbox aka (manual) transmission, but we won’t know that unless or until after the above two things have been done and replaced.”

So basically, my understanding is that the best case scenario is that the clutch is replaced (again) and this time a brand new flywheel also gets put in.

Hopefully, that’s it and we move on with our lives.

However, that’s a lot of money if we then, possibly, also THEN have to find a specialist repairer in our area (the mechanic has already said they do not handle gearboxes) and potentially have to then replace an entire gearbox.

Apparently that could also possibly be a few more grand on top of the original.

What do we do? Cars are expensive to buy, thus we were going to move forward with the repairs. But the latter part has us concerned.

Is there any other way to determine, prior to spending the money on the new clutch and new flywheel, re the gearbox?

It’s a good little car. Still kind of shocked it, apparently, needs a brand-new clutch again after only three years. Is that normal?

On top of the above – we are about to have a learner driver in the house.
This is the car we were going to use for that purpose.
At this point, what do we do? Is it worth just taking the gamble, getting the clutch replaced again and the new flywheel, and hope for the best?

Or, is it better to simply leave it and maybe start looking for a new, used car?
 Which, I think, would still end up costing us more and we wouldn’t know it’s history?

Please also keep in mind, that thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic, unfortunately cars are dearer (more expensive) here than they used to be a decade ago (sigh). We’re in Australia, FWIW.

Sorry, I hope I’m making some kind of sense. Quite stressed about this and the potential $ outlay.

Thank you in advance for any insight or opinions anyone can give here.