Forum: Reliability & Maintainability Questions and AnswersTopic: Reliability & Maintainability Questions and AnswersTopic Posted by: Reliability & Maintainability Forum (src_forum@alionscience.com )Organization: System Reliability Center Date Posted: Mon Aug 31 12:47:36 US/Eastern 1998
Original Message:Posted by: Rob Poltz (getreliability@designanalytx.com )Organization:Design Analytx International Date posted: Tue Nov 5 16:49:58 US/Eastern 2002 Subject: premature clutch wearout on hi-performance auto Message: I'm investigating premature clutch failure at 25,000 miles on a high performance M series BMW, and am looking for supporting data that would validate that normal wearout is at 150,000 miles on their M series cars. I was given this number as normal weatout from a tech rep of the BMW car club, so it is not official. The vehicle was driven normally and not abused (raced), basic street and freeway driving in California. Where can I get data to support or debunk such claims? BMW has been unresponsive. |