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Old 04-21-2010, 01:02 PM
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I have had my 2010 S4 about a month and a half. So far so good, however I think I might have an issue with clutch. I am very used to having a clutch. I just came out of a 335i coupe and before that g35 coupes so I can handle the clutch.

When I get into the car cold and use the clutch all is ok. Nice and smooth like butter. Up and down fluid motion. After some time driving around. 15-20 min the clutch then feels very springy. When raising and lowering it like I can feel spring moving around or so. Is anyone else having the same issue? Anything I should worry about?

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Oddly enough I noticed the very same thing twice today. Only had the car for a bit less than 2 weeks with 1,400 miles. Have another 800+ miles to put on it from tomorrow through the weekend. I guess we'll find out if it persists and becomes a problem.
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I only have 800 miles. Its a very weird feeling. Like you can feel springs moving around in the clutch. Is that what your feeling as well?

Its like the clutch just feels different after some driving.
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my clutch feels the same, haven't noticed any performance issues though.

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notice the same thing on mine as well... ~2K miles... drives fine, just a funky feeling..

i recall having the same issue on my '03 g35... so didn't think to much of it..
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Ditto to all. Worried about it at first, but 2K miles later it seems like the kind of thing that won't cause any real problems.

Or all the wheels will suddenly fall off as a result, one or the other.
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Originally Posted by Majorafro
Ditto to all. Worried about it at first, but 2K miles later it seems like the kind of thing that won't cause any real problems.

Or all the wheels will suddenly fall off as a result, one or the other.
Exactly what I am going through. 13,000 miles and it's still the same as when I took delivery. It's been intermittent, seems like colder days are better than warmer and have been just trying to duplicate for the dealer. They actually took it on an extended test drive (10 miles) but were unable to understand what I was describing.

I figured I would take another shot when I get my 15k service.
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Any idea what it might be guys?
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Mine works fine but sometimes has a very slight funky feel/vibration with a slight noise when I push on the pedal. I think it's the clutch pedal bearing or perhaps a seal on the shaft going through the firewall or into the master cylinder. It's not bad enough to get me to crawl under the dash to see what going on.

There is no problem at all with the actual clutch.
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Does anyone have any updates to this issue? I think I have the same problem and my car has only 500 miles. The clutch started feeling creaky/grinding two days ago.


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