Hi all,
To give you all an idea of what has happened. Back in October 2010 I purchased a Honda Civic, it was on fairly high mileage I got the clutch and flywheel replaced around February time when the car was on 80,000 miles.
Back in April someone decided to crash into me from the rear whilst I was sitting in traffic.
See thread: http://www.cliosport.net/forum/show...one-has-crashed-into-me-need-help.&highlight=
I collect my car last week Thursday along with a £3,300 bill (Third Party Insurance is paying). Today has been the 1st day that I've used the car on a run (10 miles) and I started smelling a burning smell. Pull over once I got to work and popped the bonnet.
The smell is disgusting, smells like burning metal and hurts your chest when it's inhaled. So I took the car back to the garage this afternoon which carried out the repairs of the crash, explained the problems and they said nothing they done would of effect the clutch. I explained I'm not saying it was but could the accident triggered off this problem. After not really getting any where I went back to the office and called my insurance company, advised them of the situation and that I believe I have a problem with my clutch... awaiting a call from Enterprise who were/are the ones looking into the claim.
Now to explain what happened at the crash. I was stationary, brakes applied, handbrake on - in 1st gear. Could this of broke my 2 month old brand new clutch/flywheel?
Thanks for reading my essay and hopefully someone will advise me of what to do next... I have a years warranty on the parts but if they appear to be f**ked because the person who hit me broke it then I'm sure this will void my warranty. I just don't want the garage to inspect the damage and then advise it's not the accident which caused the issue resulting in me being out of pocket.
Thanks
Ronnie
To give you all an idea of what has happened. Back in October 2010 I purchased a Honda Civic, it was on fairly high mileage I got the clutch and flywheel replaced around February time when the car was on 80,000 miles.
Back in April someone decided to crash into me from the rear whilst I was sitting in traffic.
See thread: http://www.cliosport.net/forum/show...one-has-crashed-into-me-need-help.&highlight=
I collect my car last week Thursday along with a £3,300 bill (Third Party Insurance is paying). Today has been the 1st day that I've used the car on a run (10 miles) and I started smelling a burning smell. Pull over once I got to work and popped the bonnet.
The smell is disgusting, smells like burning metal and hurts your chest when it's inhaled. So I took the car back to the garage this afternoon which carried out the repairs of the crash, explained the problems and they said nothing they done would of effect the clutch. I explained I'm not saying it was but could the accident triggered off this problem. After not really getting any where I went back to the office and called my insurance company, advised them of the situation and that I believe I have a problem with my clutch... awaiting a call from Enterprise who were/are the ones looking into the claim.
Now to explain what happened at the crash. I was stationary, brakes applied, handbrake on - in 1st gear. Could this of broke my 2 month old brand new clutch/flywheel?
Thanks for reading my essay and hopefully someone will advise me of what to do next... I have a years warranty on the parts but if they appear to be f**ked because the person who hit me broke it then I'm sure this will void my warranty. I just don't want the garage to inspect the damage and then advise it's not the accident which caused the issue resulting in me being out of pocket.
Thanks
Ronnie
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