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Originally Posted by sjmorrow
I have both of these problems (2012 2SS). I just picked mine up two weeks ago. The clutch rattle is a common problem and everyone has it. In the general discussion forum there are a few threads about it and a few explanations as to why it does this. I have never come across a fix. I think it is something we have to live with.
The burning smell is most likely your clutch. It will smell like this for a while until the "newness" burns off of it to put it in layman's terms. But at 600 miles, that smell should not be as prominent anymore unless you are riding th clutch more than you need to. I am at 800 and don't smell it anymore
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Thanks for the input, I'm ok with some clutch noise. I've driven manual vehicles all my life. Just never owned any performance vehicles before. Although I have driven them from time to time and never heard this sound. The small Jetta's and Passat's never made ANY clutch noise. I know this clutch is likely much larger and heavier duty so I do expect to hear some noise, but this sound I'm hearing seems to be quite irregular. I'll try to record the sound if it will come through and I'll post it here.
As for the smell, I'll let it go for awhile longer just to make sure it's not still break in stuff, but here again, this smell is quite pungent and doesn't seem like something to be expected.
