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Kiteboarder85 · 03-11-2015, 11:25 AM

Apologizing up front if there's a thread already out there - I don't want to dig around.

My car currently has 140 miles, and I've been smelling a burning clutch since Mile 2 (Just started driving it on Sunday). I have many years of experience (Jeep) with manual transmissions and haven't had this burning smell before.

Is this normal as its brand new?

I4toV8 · 03-11-2015, 11:39 AM

mine smelled like that in the beginning. Still smells like burning cluth intermittently though... i have 3300 miles

Ragnar · 03-11-2015, 11:41 AM

Normal, memory serves, it took around 400 miles or so for the smell to go away.

Vertwheal · 03-11-2015, 11:44 AM

I had it, it went away after a time. I wouldnt worry.

Bretts · 03-11-2015, 11:46 AM

yup mine first 500 miles bothersome smell on launch , this spring my usual spirited take offs for my break in , 200 miles so far no clutch smell!

'14-ELLIE · 03-11-2015, 12:00 PM

I'll help you feel better like all the others! This is normal. Not to worry. I'm the kind of guy that likes saving brakes by downshifting when coming to a stop. This is where I smelt it most. But it has since gone away for the most part. 10,700 miles... No clutch issues.

Ir0nM4n · 03-11-2015, 01:07 PM

I suck with clutch (on hills, yes even with hill assist <-- btw don't like that) and sometimes I don't shift properly and the smell of DARN IT shows up. I will say that is the only time I smell clutch.

ITRIEDEL · 03-11-2015, 02:27 PM

I smell mine once or twice a month at random times. 8k miles, and no problems.

ilir14 · 03-11-2015, 03:15 PM

i am around 20k and i still smell burning clutch especially when i enter my garage its just a bit uphill

umiami2312 · 03-11-2015, 05:13 PM

I only smell mine when hill assist kicks in, 28K and no problems

sd1611 · 03-11-2015, 06:03 PM

Hill assist is when I smell mine also.

Dtowndog420 · 03-12-2015, 09:48 AM

Yep, mine stinks too! I was smelling it yesterday. I have 4600 miles on mine.

Kainoa · 03-12-2015, 06:44 PM

I only smell burning clutch when i back up into the garage it's slightly uphill ..
3500 miles .

03-11-2015, 11:25 AM	#1
Kiteboarder85 Drives: 2018 SS - 2015 SS 1LE - 2013 SS Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Freeland, MI Posts: 418 View My Garage	Burning Clutch Smell...100 miles Apologizing up front if there's a thread already out there - I don't want to dig around. My car currently has 140 miles, and I've been smelling a burning clutch since Mile 2 (Just started driving it on Sunday). I have many years of experience (Jeep) with manual transmissions and haven't had this burning smell before. Is this normal as its brand new? __________________ Billy B. Current: 2018 Hyper Blue SS

03-11-2015, 11:39 AM	#2
I4toV8 Dazed & Drives: matte blue 2014 z28(186) 2015 R1 Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: The Jungle Posts: 707	mine smelled like that in the beginning. Still smells like burning cluth intermittently though... i have 3300 miles __________________

03-11-2015, 11:44 AM	#4
Vertwheal Drives: 2015 AGM 1SS/RS/1LE NPP Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: California Posts: 242	I had it, it went away after a time. I wouldnt worry. __________________ 2015 AGM 1SS/1LE/RS - NPP (Fuse Out) - Nav - Rear Vision CAI intake, ADM scoop, Rotofab washer relocation, Bo White stage II ported TB, Stainless Power 1 7/8 LT, RPI Splash Guards, Black Gorilla Locking Lug Nuts, Tuned by Rick @ Synergy Motorsports - 414/403 on a Mustang dyno

03-11-2015, 11:46 AM	#5
Bretts SS Drives: 2015 2ss rs Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Alberta Posts: 917 View My Garage	yup mine first 500 miles bothersome smell on launch , this spring my usual spirited take offs for my break in , 200 miles so far no clutch smell! __________________ CCW sp16a track set, BTR stage 3 cam and kooks longtubes with high flow catsLocks@7.5 degrees castor and radius arm inserts, Ride Tech 2coilovers JDP upper control arm bushings BMR lower knuckle bushing Bo White throttle body3.91 gears Spohn del-sphere toe link and trailing arms Prothane subframe bushings

03-11-2015, 01:07 PM	#7
Ir0nM4n Love me some Tacos Drives: 14 1LE Join Date: May 2011 Location: Washington Posts: 2,728 View My Garage	I suck with clutch (on hills, yes even with hill assist <-- btw don't like that) and sometimes I don't shift properly and the smell of DARN IT shows up. I will say that is the only time I smell clutch. __________________

03-11-2015, 11:41 AM	#3
Ragnar Destroyed by flooding Drives: Wife's car Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Louisiana Posts: 4,672	Normal, memory serves, it took around 400 miles or so for the smell to go away.

03-11-2015, 12:00 PM	#6
'14-ELLIE Drives: 2015 2SS/RS 1LE Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 331	I'll help you feel better like all the others! This is normal. Not to worry. I'm the kind of guy that likes saving brakes by downshifting when coming to a stop. This is where I smelt it most. But it has since gone away for the most part. 10,700 miles... No clutch issues.

03-11-2015, 02:27 PM	#8
ITRIEDEL Drives: 2013 CTS-V Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Corpus Christi Posts: 40	I smell mine once or twice a month at random times. 8k miles, and no problems. __________________ Now: 2013 CTS-V Previous: 2014 Camaro 2SS 1LE 2012 Mustang GT 5.0 (bolt-ons) 2003 Nissan SER Spec-V 2008 Highland Green Bullitt 1994 Cobra 70mm Turbo (571rwhp) 1996 Mustang 2003 Mustang GT (bolt-ons) 1991 DSM FWD (2g hybrid) 1975 Chevrolet Camaro 1991 Corvette 1974 Chevrolet Nova

03-11-2015, 03:15 PM	#9
ilir14 Drives: Camaro ss 1le Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Houston,Tx Posts: 472	i am around 20k and i still smell burning clutch especially when i enter my garage its just a bit uphill

03-11-2015, 05:13 PM	#10
umiami2312 Drives: 2013 2SS/1LE Blue Ray Metallic Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 260	I only smell mine when hill assist kicks in, 28K and no problems

03-11-2015, 06:03 PM	#11
sd1611 Drives: 2014 1SS RS- RRM - NPP Exhaust Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Cornelia, GA Posts: 64	Hill assist is when I smell mine also. __________________ Stainless Power LT headers with HF cats / NPP exhaust / C.A.I. cold air intake / OEM ZL1 wheels

03-12-2015, 09:48 AM	#12
Dtowndog420 Drives: SBM 09 G8 GT/RH 15 SS 1LE Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Dallas,Tx Posts: 258	Yep, mine stinks too! I was smelling it yesterday. I have 4600 miles on mine.

03-12-2015, 06:44 PM	#13
Kainoa Drives: 2013 2SS RS 1LE , 2012 Silverado LT Join Date: May 2014 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 11	I only smell burning clutch when i back up into the garage it's slightly uphill .. 3500 miles .