[carboncrazy]

Hi has anyone ever pulled off from a steep hill giving it a sufficient amount (the right amount) of revs to move off then have there clutch smell as if they've been burningout or something?

Its worrying and now wondering how much of my clutch has been burned up.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks. Joe

[carboncrazy]

Ok so obviously its only happened to me.

Joe

[Tobes]

Has happend to me a couple of times In fact one of those was yesterday when reversing up a hill. Car done 1600 miles so perhaps just wearing in?

You are not alone !

[carboncrazy]

My one still has very little milage so could also be it bedding in as i have't driven hard yet and that may have been its first full load. one of the nastiest smells going!

Joe

[Tobes]

Was smelling really bad yesterday reversing up a hill then again on another Hill start

My first two minis never did this . This is my first R56 though now at 1600 miles

Any others?

[Tobes]

New clutch required under warranty as clutch plate has warped!

[WEIRD IN WILTSHIRE]

Not got a MINI yet - sounds like you need to get it checked though; sure there's no dead animals on the outside your car?

[Japper]

My clutch has smelled pretty bad on a couple of occasions. The last time i slipped the clutch with a handful of revs to reverse up a kerb.....................burning smell was pretty obvious.

[Lawrothegreat]

I never had the smell of a burning clutch over 60,000 miles on my R50 MINI. However on two occasions with my R56, with just 2k rpm, overcoming a kerb or a big bump (just getting out of a car parking space) I have had the smell which really surprised me.

[Harman]

I've got a smelly clutch on very light use, but car is brand new so am assuming this is part of run-in.

[ScottyG]

My ex-girlfriend had a smelly crutch, hence the "ex" !!

[neverending4181]

...smell like? Just so that I'm aware of it while driving....

[Tobes]

Burning electrics - acrid smell - hard to describe!

I reckon there was a faulty batch fitted the beginning of this year as a loan clubman i had suffered the same and the service managed said " we need to sort that one out too"!

[simeds]

Mine did it first time I went up our steep drive in reverse as did the r56 laon car I had last oct. I mentioned the loan car to the garage and they said it was nothing to worry about, it was normal when under strain .
My clubman also did it yesterday on steep hillstart out of parking place . Now starting to worry that i don't know how to drive properly anymore !

[Tobes]

Im afraid you garage is talking b*ll*cks . It probably has a warped clutch plate like mine had

You want to request a new clutch and then it wont smell even under strain

[simeds]

when i had the loan car with the smell, i was having the squeaky clutch on my r53 replaced !!. I don't ride the clutch when driving, but do have to do this very steep hill start once or twice a week, and I obviously have to hold the clutch at biting point to do this, which results in the smell.

Could it be coincidence that i;ve had 3 cars in a row with clutch problems, or am I driving badly ?

[Tobes]

coincidence

Shouldnt smell

First car and first of three minis that had the smell

All gone now

[simeds]

What causes a clutch plate to warp then ?

[Crammy]

starting on a steep hill isnt going to do it any good, i have to start on a very steep hill every morning and im sure it had something to do with why my clutch broke on my last mini...my solution was to buy an automatic lol

[cooperbeatersmit]

when my heaters are on i get a burning smell sometimes