Cayenne Clutch Replacement

[eross]

Greetings,

I have an '06 Manual Transmission Cayenne with 63,000 miles. I took the vehicle to the dealer when the clutch pedal suddenly lost pressure while I was driving. After checking it out, the dealer reported that all the fluid somehow escaped the clutch assembly. A worn or otherwise damaged bearing is suspected. Parts and labor will be roughly $4,000.00 to replace the entire clutch kit. Does anyone have any insights from having had a similar experience? Based on my driving history with other manual transmissions, I expected to get to at least 100,000 miles with this vehicle before replacing the clutch.

Thanks in advance for your comments.

-El

[Loren]

:welcome:

Sorry, I do not see how a clutch bearing failure could cause loss of clutch hydraulic fluid.

Perhaps find another shop and get a second opinion.

[eross]

Thinking positively, I may have misunderstood the service rep's intent to explain that the cause of the fluid loss is unknown and the cause for replacing the clutch kit is the damaged bearing (due to the loss of fluid). I will, however, follow up and pursue additional opinions per your suggestion if clarification isn't forthcoming.

[wvicary]

The clutch slave cylinder is an external type so either it, the connecting pipes or the clutch master is leaking. My money is on the slave being at fault. This would not damage the clutch assembly.

[smellthebeans]

The clutch slave cylinder is an external type so either it, the connecting pipes or the clutch master is leaking. My money is on the slave being at fault. This would not damage the clutch assembly.

Concur even the small amount of fluid from slave cylinder leak if it were to somehow find its way in to the throwout bearing would not harm it (the bearing is sealed). The clutch disk may slip until the fluid burns off.