I am considering purchasing a X-type with a manual transmission. What kind of mileage can I expect before I would need to replace the clutch?

 

Unfortunately it's completely a function on how the car has been driven. My guess at a range would be between 15k and 150k miles. My 03 has 60k and is working fine.

 

I agree.. this is a driver dependant question. I am at 266 000km and original clutch.

 

Before I bought my X the clutch was replaced by Jaguar. Purchased @ 19k miles and just recently traded in with 65k miles. Car was my DD for 4 yrs and the clutch still was in perfect condition when I traded it in.

Its all in how you drive it.

 

Thanks for feedback. I figured wear would be driver related. Guess I'll have to take my chances.

 

I have 110k on mine and I would say it probably has a solid 40k left in it. Bought it at 90k and have used it for towing and spirited driving since. No issues with it but it doesn't seem to have "feel" of a new clutch at this point. Clutch kits aren't real pricey for the X type considering you'll be replacing the slave at the same time since it is internal. Much cheaper than replacing a slush box. If it feels okay and the car doesn't seem abused I'd go for it after proper vetting.

 

For what it's worth, there never seems to be a whole lot of posts on here related to clutch issues. I know the manuals are a lot less prevalent than the autos, but even so, it does not appear that the clutches wear out any faster than any other car or that there are any other inherent problems with them. If there were, I'm sure there would be enough posts about them.So, yeah, I'm with everyone else. All depends on who drove it. A clutch would be way down on the list of things that would be a concern on these cars. Good luck with your search!

 

86k miles on my car. Bought it used 11k miles and one year ago. I have no indication that clutch wear will be any worse than any other car. It *may* even be better.

These cars use a dual-mass flywheel. This is not a hugely common item in the manual transmission world. My understanding of it is that there's a mechanism in the flywheel assembly that will slip if you let off the clutch too abruptly in high-torque conditions. That lessens the shock to the clutch and the rest of the driveline. Just after buying my car - not during the pre-purchase test drive - I managed to hear this happening. It sounds like a ratcheting mechanism for a split-second, and might make you wonder if there's something wrong with the clutch. There isn't - it's the dual mass flywheel protecting the rest of the driveline.

And again, there doesn't seem to be an abundance of problems related to the dual-mass flywheel. Like others have said about the lack of clutch-related forum posts, the dual mass flywheel doesn't get much attention here either.

More info on dual-mass flywheels can be found here:

http://www.cdxetextbook.com/trans/cl...flywheels.html

And there's always Google:

http://www.google.com/search?q=dual+mass+flywheel

 

Has anyone actually investigated the difficulty of the replacement of the clutch? I am just looking at if I could do it myself with the proper lift and clutch kit

 

16 hour job, as per Alldata. They're usually pretty close, as those estimates come from factory documentation for dealer services.

You can download the factory manual from the very first link on this forum, and review the procedures. It's pretty involved.

 

Thanks for the all data info... Looks like that will have to be something that the shop will have to do