I've conducted a search, but all I've found were HOW to replace it or the COST of it. But my question has to do with the lifespan of one. Now I know it varies by the way you drive, but what is the average mileage for a clutch before it should be replaced? I'm a fairly conservative driver, and rarely push my car to its limit. The reason why I'm asking this is because my dealership said that I should start looking into it after about 50,000 miles.

 

Like you said it is dictated on the style of driving...when it starts to shudder/doesn't grab as low on the pedal I would replace it.

I have seen some civics go on a oem clutch for 194K .

 

when you feel it start to slip

 

like people before me have said there is no interval or prevantive maintance on clutches cause it all depends on driving habits, and where you drive mostly city or hwy ,,but depends on a person driving habits could last 30k or 200k .so when it starts acting up like raceaccord said slipping it is time and trust me you will know when time is up

 

oh and the dealership saying you should look into it after 50k miles they are full of crap,, it could last you 3 times that

 

Deserthonda's right. When it's toast, you'll know it. Hopefully it won't be when you're on a long trip or in the wrong part of town, late at night. ;-)

 

150k and still gripping strong despite 2+ years of hard 4->2 down shifts
honda clutchs generally can take a beating of a lifetime when the engines putting out near stock power

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by deserthonda &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">oh and the dealership saying you should look into it after 50k miles they are full of crap,, it could last you 3 times that </TD></TR></TABLE>Yeah, the dealer is just wanting to replace the clutch when it doesn't really need to be replaced, just to get the $$$.

My '99 Accord LX's clutch is still going strong after 72,000 miles. I sold my last car, a '92 Sundance Duster (V6, fun, cheap car), after 115,000 miles with the original clutch and that clutch was still very good. Unlike the brakes, radiator, various gaskets in the engine, etc, it was falling apart but the clutch was still strong.

As mentioned above it really depends on how it's driven. If you don't "ride the clutch" (keep a foot on it at most times) it should last a long time.

That being said, some cars are notorious for having very short clutch lives. I remember a long-term test drive by Car & Driver of the New Volkeswagon Beetle in the late 90s. They replaced the clutch after 30,000 miles or so. They said that they thought it might be an anomaly, but they pointed out that another magazine's test had the Beetle's clutch go out at 19,000 miles (Volkeswagon fixed the problem shortly thereafter, I haven't seen anything bad about their clutches in a long time).

 

Very nice inputs, thank you.

 

i think in my 94 accord coupe im gonna be changing the clutch sometime in the near future, it doesnt slip or anything like that, but the pedal has to pushed a good amount down, and its not very tight, so i dont know. I hope its not the case because i dont want to be spending the money on it but hey, who knows.

 

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honda clutchs generally can take a beating of a lifetime when the engines putting out near stock power</TD></TR></TABLE>

if you think honda clutchs can take a beating, then your not beating it hard enough,

 

yo conucious chk out your clutch master and slave cylinders for leaks ,,you might have air in system

 

ok, someone had mentioned bleeding it to me at an earlier date but i didnt quite follow them, can you give me some more specifics on how i can go about doing that?

 

correct me if i am wrong but when the clutch goes it's usually notice my high reving engine and now power to the wheels?..... my 95 EX 5spd is starting to shudder at low rpm and i am wondering if it could be my clutch...it even happens when i am going down hill

 

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Your english is not even close to understandable . What are you trying to ask?

 

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When the clutch goes bad you will experience slippage where the engine revs but the car does not accelerate proportionately to the rpm.