Clutch smell

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AlanBDahl

Discussion Starter · Dec 9, 2013

I have about 3500 miles on my ST, mostly freeway driving but here in Seattle that means much of it is bumper to bumper slow going. Twice in the last week I've gotten a stinky clutch smell, once when starting on a steep hill but just today it happened traveling slow in a parking lot. Is it possible my clutch could be failing after such a short time? My SES had 60k on it when I sold it and the clutch was just fine. Color me confused and a bit worried.

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marc89gti

· #17 · Dec 18, 2013 (Edited)

I have smelled this similar rubber burning smell. I found out with a previous vehicle, if your driving roads were they have put down chemicals for icy conditions this can cause this smell. It's probably the chemical burning up against the hot exhaust.

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