Need help - Clutch Blown on DB9 after 8k

Jjaden

5 tickets, 2 years,, damn country roads.....

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Pharmacist

wow. how much is your insurance for the z?

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Pharmacist

I want jjaden's girlfriend! Hot, rich, has nice sets of wheels, and drives stick. Who said perfection isn't achievable?

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Cmike2780

Seems kind of odd to blow the clutch with that low a mileage. You would really have to beat on it pretty hard to have it wear out that quickly. I'm talking about hard launches, drifting, that sort of stupid stuff. I don't suppose Aston Martin has a corporate center you could contact? Even if I had that much loot to blow on cars, I'd certainly fight the dealership out of principle. No one deserves to get ripped off, even if you can afford it.

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Jjaden

Repped,

Thank you, this is what I'm looking for, maybe i'll dig around and see if there is a corporate contact center, I just don't know who to deal with at this point once the service department has said 'too bad'

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Rooster89

Does she have a sister?

Is there another dealer reasonably close that you could go to?

Look up the TSBs, might be able to help out in case you see one that describes the issue. Dealers tend to be a lot more cooperative(albeit grumpily) when you have a TSB in hand.

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Cell

If the clutch was driven under "normal" conditions, why would it blow then? If it was driven outside of "normal" condition then I can see it being blown but as they stated... it was from "normal" driving.

Jjaden

THIS, the clutch was driven under normal conditions, we suspect it blew because of a factory defect. She drives the other vehicles hard but has always babied the Aston. Yet the other cars have no problems, and the Aston is having issues... lame...

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alcheng

If the dealership insist the clutch is damaged by the driver, there's not much you can do because you are claiming coverage from them and they are the one who make the call. Sadly, they can say whatever they want.

Unless, you can find proof about the faulty part is caused by manufacture-defect AND they approve it.

But it won't happen most likely.

Talk to the your sales rep and Business Manager of the dealership might help.

Good Luck.

sboden

Normally you would go corporate at this point. I'd be surprised if they don't have a North American office.

Here you go:

Aston Martin of North America

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Jeffblue

i dont understand how a clutch disc (which i'm assuming is the part that is damaged) could be 15k. makes no sense. The entire dual clutch transmission in the GTR is 20k if i'm not mistaken. get an aftermarket clutch or something. Theres plenty of high performance clutches that are around 500-1000

red6spd

Is she your sugar momma????? LOL!!!!!!!!!!

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Pharmacist

even that is too much. i'm assuming its just a clutch disc, so it shouldn't be more than 1000 or 2000 at most. and labor should be no more than 1000. really, it shouldn't cost more than 3000 or 4000 at the very most. what is the breakdown of parts and labor cost? and what exactly is being replaced?

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Jjaden

I don't know the answer to these questions at this point. I will update with more details when I get specifics and a work estimate.....

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semtex

Has the dealership already taken it apart? If not, how would they know the clutch was damaged by the driver?

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