Hello all,
I just bought my '09 Civic Si Sedan in February. I purchased the car brand new (was sitting on the lot or almost a year and a half). The car had 88 miles on it when I took ownership, and I got a bit of a steal on the sticker.
Nonetheless, the car's a blast to drive and I really enjoy it. However, the other night on my way home from work, doing a fair amount of VTEC, I mis-shifted from 2nd to 3rd at a high RPM (probably near redline, as I believe I hit the rev-limiter due to the mis-shift). The resulting sound was less than comforting, and really scared me that I did something horrible to the engine and/or transmission. I pulled over and put the car into first, pulled away; everything seemed fine.
However, over the past week, it seems the clutch pedal engagement point is far less grabby and seems quite vague as it did before my mis-shift. I don't believe the clutch is slipping, but the engagement seems pretty transparent, as there's little communication from the pedal that the clutch is grabbing.
Did I perhaps glaze the clutch plate, or is something far more serious at occurring? The car only has 1700 some odd miles on it and I'm afraid I VERY prematurely wore out the clutch.
As a side note, I'm not new to manual transmissions. My first stick was a 2002 Hyundai Elantra GLS. The clutch was holding decent at 57,000 miles when I sold it. My previous car was a 2007 Mini Cooper S 6-Speed; the clutch was strong as ever at 19,000 miles when I traded it in for the Civic Si (the direct-injected turbo fuel system was fouling on me constantly...so I wanted to get rid of it).
Is this the normal wear characteristics of the Civic Si's clutch?
Thanks!
I just bought my '09 Civic Si Sedan in February. I purchased the car brand new (was sitting on the lot or almost a year and a half). The car had 88 miles on it when I took ownership, and I got a bit of a steal on the sticker.
Nonetheless, the car's a blast to drive and I really enjoy it. However, the other night on my way home from work, doing a fair amount of VTEC, I mis-shifted from 2nd to 3rd at a high RPM (probably near redline, as I believe I hit the rev-limiter due to the mis-shift). The resulting sound was less than comforting, and really scared me that I did something horrible to the engine and/or transmission. I pulled over and put the car into first, pulled away; everything seemed fine.
However, over the past week, it seems the clutch pedal engagement point is far less grabby and seems quite vague as it did before my mis-shift. I don't believe the clutch is slipping, but the engagement seems pretty transparent, as there's little communication from the pedal that the clutch is grabbing.
Did I perhaps glaze the clutch plate, or is something far more serious at occurring? The car only has 1700 some odd miles on it and I'm afraid I VERY prematurely wore out the clutch.
As a side note, I'm not new to manual transmissions. My first stick was a 2002 Hyundai Elantra GLS. The clutch was holding decent at 57,000 miles when I sold it. My previous car was a 2007 Mini Cooper S 6-Speed; the clutch was strong as ever at 19,000 miles when I traded it in for the Civic Si (the direct-injected turbo fuel system was fouling on me constantly...so I wanted to get rid of it).
Is this the normal wear characteristics of the Civic Si's clutch?
Thanks!