because the dealer was dealing with my sister, and not through me, he simply told her that the clutch had failed, my sister in her defense knows what a clutch is, and how to work it, but pretty much anything beyond that is above her head, so I wouldn't expect her to enter into a detailed discussion of what had happened. To my knowledge the repair is (was?) being made under warrenty because she didn't have to file any type of work order for the lease vechicle. I doubt the morning she drove the car it had a chance to warm up to a running temperature, being that she made it just outside of her campus makes me think it was due to the cold, and she was just going out to run a couple errands. Nothing ever just happens once to a production car, so I was just interested if anyone has had problems with cold weather driving. When it is cold, I always let my car heat up before I take off mainly because I cannot fit in the car with a coat on, and am not a cold-weather person.

To answer Bob's question, she just said the motor was running, but she couldn't get it out of gear, and the car woudn't move under its own power. When I had a wrangler a burned out a clutch while offroading (using the clutch to control vechicle speed instead of the throttle, I was 16 and didn't know any better). The clutch pedal just went limp and the jeep would just move when you really reved the hell out of it while emiting a sulfar smell, but I was able to limp home at 7mph in 5th gear. Her car on the other hand just stopped dead, and wouldn't move, so I have to believe something must have broken. When she gets it back, I will have the work order from the dealer and will know for sure.


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