Clutch Clutch pulling/hitting/unevenly catching

Sagi80 · 14th January 2010, 11:24

Hello my English colleagues,
in advance sorry for my poor English.

I have a problem with the clutch in my 2008 1.8 civic. In the Polish Civic Forum did not find answer to this problem.

The problem is that after a long ride in the city, especially in traffic jam, the clutch starts to work differently. When starting in first gear and change gear at 2 distinct sense pulling / hitting, unevenly catching. The car mileage is 30.000 kilometers.

While driving on the road, or in rare when I change gears, the problem does not occur.

Woette · 14th January 2010, 12:24

When driving, do you rest your foot on the clutch or do you put it on the footrest. 'Riding' the clutch could cause substantial wear on it.
Sounds to me that your clutch is pretty worn and when doing lots of city driving this put more stress on the clutch and it gets overheated. Reesulting in a change of biting point + slipping clutch.
ALso when driving in traffic jams, try to maintain a steady speed so you dont have to clutch/declutch all the time.

But just to be sure, go do some city driving which makes the problem occur and then go to your honda dealer and let them have a drive in the car.

Good luck with it!!

froggy · 14th January 2010, 13:50

Worn clutch mechanism, could be the springs in the release bearing as this happened to mine. The clutch failed to enagage and disengage properly also most like the clutch wasnt depressed

sharky7866 · 14th January 2010, 17:23

Couple of pointers, when changing gears (1st to 2nd in particular) make sure u fully release the clutch smoothly and rest your left foot on the rest. You can try 1-2, which means "1" clutch fully down, change gear and "2" is when you bring the clutch to biting point hold it a fraction of a second before resting your left feet, this helps the car change smoothly. If the car still pulls you after the above pointer take it to the dealers and dont let them fob you off by saying its your driving style!

Coilfang · 17th January 2010, 19:02

I have the exact same problem as you, Sagi80. My 1.8 Civic har gone about 41.000km, I first noticed the problem after about 39-40.000km.
I only experience it in traffic jams too. In my opinion the clutch should be able to handle it..
My warranty is out in May, so I'm gonna have to take it in to the dealers pretty soon.

Sagi80 · 21st January 2010, 14:18

Thank you all for your answers. If somebody will solve that problem give some advice here, pleace.
Regards,
Sagi

masterofdisaster · 25th January 2010, 13:41

My car will be checked tommorow. I will let you know...

cypher4laguna · 29th January 2010, 19:46

Do let us know. I may have the same issue...

masterofdisaster · 30th January 2010, 09:49

Hi there,
Similar thread is also here: http://www.civinfo.com/forum/bugs-fa...-warranty.html

And as I wrote there:
They told me that this is probably because of a very cold weather here in Poland now - minus 22 degrees. But it sounds like a some kind of ******** for me

However they probably did some regulations - my clutch is now softer, it bites earlier and the vibrations during moving from the first gear are only sometimes and much lower than before.
They also told me to come back if there still will be issue during hotter weather.

tr0ubl3 · 1st February 2010, 11:16

I have the same problem.

It occurs when I start from a stop in the first gear and when i change into second.
I don't ride the clutch and don't keep it pressed at stop lights.

I wonder if this can/should be covered by warranty as it's happening at 30.000 km and it is present to many owners. At least here in RO on a honda forum we have about 26 people with both 4d and 5d mentioning the same problem.

Please let us know how Honda Poland handles this problem.
We are thinking about writing a letter to Honda Trading Romania to inform them of this issue and see if we can get any kind of response from them.
Have a nice day,
Sergiu.

Seth81 · 23rd February 2010, 17:05

Same problem here and it's definitely not because of my driving stile, it's not the first car I'm driving and I've never had similar problems before.

cypher4laguna · 19th April 2010, 13:02

So we form Romania on the Hondafan forum reached a number of 30 Civics and have roughly the same issue.

When coupling in 1st/2nd or 3rd there is a significant "judder" in the whole body of the car and it fells clearly that it's from the clutch mechanism.

The "explanation" is that the springs on the clutch disk have been "overheated" and are blue-ish in clolour. This, however is likely not covered by the warranty as they (i.e. the dealerships/importer) will blame it on us.

So we're wondering why no one from the UK (a very large market for the 8th gen Civic) has not yet reported the same problem?

14th January 2010, 11:24	#1 (permalink)
Sagi80 Join Date: 14th January 2010 Location: Warsaw, Poland Posts: 2 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	Clutch pulling/hitting/unevenly catching Hello my English colleagues, in advance sorry for my poor English. I have a problem with the clutch in my 2008 1.8 civic. In the Polish Civic Forum did not find answer to this problem. The problem is that after a long ride in the city, especially in traffic jam, the clutch starts to work differently. When starting in first gear and change gear at 2 distinct sense pulling / hitting, unevenly catching. The car mileage is 30.000 kilometers. While driving on the road, or in rare when I change gears, the problem does not occur.

25th January 2010, 13:41	#7 (permalink)
masterofdisaster Car: 2008 1.8 Type S, Alabaster Join Date: 27th March 2009 Location: Warsaw, PL Posts: 5 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	I've got the same problem My car will be checked tommorow. I will let you know...

LinkBacks (?) LinkBack to this Thread: http://www.civinfo.com/forum/engines-transmission/35709-clutch-pulling-hitting-unevenly-catching.html
Posted By	For	Type	Date
Szarpanie przy ruszaniu - Strona 7	This thread	Refback	3rd February 2013 17:48
Probleme ambreiaj Honda Civic 5D - Page 30	This thread	Refback	31st July 2012 15:35
Probleme ambreiaj Honda Civic 5D - Page 11	This thread	Refback	27th July 2012 00:01
Lista probleme ambreiaj (scuturare) la Honda Civic 1,8 (fie 5D, Sedan sau Type S) - Page 3	This thread	Refback	1st February 2012 18:24
Problema ambreiaj Civic 5D/Sedan (smuncit/trepidat)	This thread	Refback	20th April 2011 09:16
Lista probleme ambreiaj (scuturare) la Honda Civic 1,8 (fie 5D, Sedan sau Type S)	This thread	Refback	20th April 2011 09:13
Szarpanie przy ruszaniu	This thread	Refback	17th October 2010 10:52
Problema ambreiaj Civic 5D/Sedan (smuncit/trepidat) - Page 11 - Hondafan	This thread	Refback	1st March 2010 12:15
Problema ambreiaj Civic 5D/Sedan (smuncit/trepidat) - Page 40 - Hondafan	This thread	Refback	27th February 2010 21:12
Probleme la ambreiaj - scuturare - la Civic Sedan / 5D 1,8 '07 - Page 39 - Hondafan	This thread	Refback	23rd February 2010 17:13
Lista probleme ambreiaj (scuturare) la Honda Civic 1,8 (fie 5D, Sedan sau Type S) - Page 4 - Hondafan	This thread	Refback	29th January 2010 20:44
Probleme la ambreiaj - scuturare - la Civic Sedan / 5D 1,8 '07 - Page 10 - Hondafan	This thread	Refback	29th January 2010 19:43
Lista probleme ambreiaj (scuturare) la Honda Civic 1,8 (fie 5D, Sedan sau Type S) - Page 5 - Hondafan	This thread	Refback	29th January 2010 19:09
Szarpanie przy ruszaniu - Strona 7 - Forum Stowarzyszenia Civic Klub Polska	This thread	Refback	14th January 2010 15:39

Similar Threads for: Clutch pulling/hitting/unevenly catching
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Definitive - Hitting the limiter?	TypeRiter	Type-R	15	18th July 2009 08:27
Exterior Catching Mud Flaps	itullberight	Bugs, faults and irritations	24	14th May 2009 20:55
The idea is catching on!	Charles_Harding	Any non Civic chat here please!	2	4th April 2008 11:41
Steering Car pulling to the right	binchy	Bugs, faults and irritations	14	19th November 2007 15:30

14th January 2010, 12:24	#2 (permalink)
Woette Car: '07 1.8 MR Type-S 61000 km Join Date: 7th October 2007 Location: Leuven, Belgium Posts: 1,831 Thanks given: 90 Thanked 114 Times in 113 Posts iTrader: (0)	When driving, do you rest your foot on the clutch or do you put it on the footrest. 'Riding' the clutch could cause substantial wear on it. Sounds to me that your clutch is pretty worn and when doing lots of city driving this put more stress on the clutch and it gets overheated. Reesulting in a change of biting point + slipping clutch. ALso when driving in traffic jams, try to maintain a steady speed so you dont have to clutch/declutch all the time. But just to be sure, go do some city driving which makes the problem occur and then go to your honda dealer and let them have a drive in the car. Good luck with it!!

14th January 2010, 13:50	#3 (permalink)
froggy Car: FN2 NHB GT & 89' CRX 16V Join Date: 16th December 2008 Location: solihull, UK Posts: 353 Thanks given: 2 Thanked 14 Times in 14 Posts iTrader: (0)	Worn clutch mechanism, could be the springs in the release bearing as this happened to mine. The clutch failed to enagage and disengage properly also most like the clutch wasnt depressed

14th January 2010, 17:23	#4 (permalink)
sharky7866 Car: 2007 2.2 5Dr Black Civic Join Date: 24th December 2009 Location: leeds Posts: 329 Thanks given: 12 Thanked 28 Times in 28 Posts iTrader: (0)	Couple of pointers, when changing gears (1st to 2nd in particular) make sure u fully release the clutch smoothly and rest your left foot on the rest. You can try 1-2, which means "1" clutch fully down, change gear and "2" is when you bring the clutch to biting point hold it a fraction of a second before resting your left feet, this helps the car change smoothly. If the car still pulls you after the above pointer take it to the dealers and dont let them fob you off by saying its your driving style!

17th January 2010, 19:02	#5 (permalink)
Coilfang Join Date: 20th February 2009 Location: Norway Posts: 23 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post iTrader: (0)	I have the exact same problem as you, Sagi80. My 1.8 Civic har gone about 41.000km, I first noticed the problem after about 39-40.000km. I only experience it in traffic jams too. In my opinion the clutch should be able to handle it.. My warranty is out in May, so I'm gonna have to take it in to the dealers pretty soon.

21st January 2010, 14:18	#6 (permalink)
Sagi80 Thread starter Join Date: 14th January 2010 Location: Warsaw, Poland Posts: 2 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	Thank you all for your answers. If somebody will solve that problem give some advice here, pleace. Regards, Sagi

29th January 2010, 19:46	#8 (permalink)
cypher4laguna Join Date: 2nd October 2007 Location: Bucharest, Romania Posts: 16 Thanks given: 8 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	Do let us know. I may have the same issue...

30th January 2010, 09:49	#9 (permalink)
masterofdisaster Car: 2008 1.8 Type S, Alabaster Join Date: 27th March 2009 Location: Warsaw, PL Posts: 5 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	Hi there, Similar thread is also here: http://www.civinfo.com/forum/bugs-fa...-warranty.html And as I wrote there: They told me that this is probably because of a very cold weather here in Poland now - minus 22 degrees. But it sounds like a some kind of ******** for me However they probably did some regulations - my clutch is now softer, it bites earlier and the vibrations during moving from the first gear are only sometimes and much lower than before. They also told me to come back if there still will be issue during hotter weather.

1st February 2010, 11:16	#10 (permalink)
tr0ubl3 Join Date: 1st May 2008 Location: Bucharest Romania Posts: 1 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	I have the same problem. It occurs when I start from a stop in the first gear and when i change into second. I don't ride the clutch and don't keep it pressed at stop lights. I wonder if this can/should be covered by warranty as it's happening at 30.000 km and it is present to many owners. At least here in RO on a honda forum we have about 26 people with both 4d and 5d mentioning the same problem. Please let us know how Honda Poland handles this problem. We are thinking about writing a letter to Honda Trading Romania to inform them of this issue and see if we can get any kind of response from them. Have a nice day, Sergiu.

23rd February 2010, 17:05	#11 (permalink)
Seth81 Join Date: 3rd July 2008 Location: Craiova, Romania Posts: 12 Thanks given: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	Same problem here and it's definitely not because of my driving stile, it's not the first car I'm driving and I've never had similar problems before.

19th April 2010, 13:02	#12 (permalink)
cypher4laguna Join Date: 2nd October 2007 Location: Bucharest, Romania Posts: 16 Thanks given: 8 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	So we form Romania on the Hondafan forum reached a number of 30 Civics and have roughly the same issue. When coupling in 1st/2nd or 3rd there is a significant "judder" in the whole body of the car and it fells clearly that it's from the clutch mechanism. The "explanation" is that the springs on the clutch disk have been "overheated" and are blue-ish in clolour. This, however is likely not covered by the warranty as they (i.e. the dealerships/importer) will blame it on us. So we're wondering why no one from the UK (a very large market for the 8th gen Civic) has not yet reported the same problem?