Hi,

I have a Isuzu D-Max 4-door which is nearly 10 years old. I bought the car second-hand 4 years ago. The car is basically in pretty good shape, body-wise and mechanically. It's been maintained at a local Isuzu dealer since I've had it. The problem at the moment is clutch slip. This is apparent when accelerating fairly hard and changing from 3>4 gear. The car is driveable but obviously needs to be repaired.

 

I'm anticipating a full clutch plate/friction disk replacement. Would this be necessary? Or just the friction disk?

 

Could anyone give me some idea of what  the cost of repairs is likely to be. And, is it best to take the car to the dealer for repair or to a specialist clutch/gearbox shop (if I can find one).

 

Any advice would be much appreciated.

very good chance the flywheel is glazed and warped and needs to be machined.

In my opinion one would be crazy to do a clutch replacement and not have the flywheel machined.

 

Thanks for all your comments.  I'll try an independent repair shop and, as you say, get my wife to go there by herself and do the talking.  best regards

 

 

The advantage to a dealer is genuine parts. This is important to some but not others...but 10 years on the original parts indicates you cannot go wrong with genuine factory parts.

 

I would ask for the old parts back.