3rd gen clutch life expectancy

Im getting a little worried seeing posts about 3rd gens needing clutch replacements at 20k -44k miles. My 2nd gen tacoma went 150k and still going strong on the original clutch when i sold it.

Are the 3rd gen clutchs bad?

 

I haven't seen or heard this, but I don't have a manual, so I could have overlooked.

 

probably can get a new clutch with the warranty you have, I'd worry more about global warming if I were you

 

that's because it doesn't exist

 

Am also worried about this because of that ridiculous accumulator. As soon as I can get some help that thing is out

 

I have 105, 000 KM and no worries at all so far.

 

30,000kms on mine and it sees fine. (18,640miles)

Now on my previous vehicle, 2005 Toyota Corolla XRS, the factory clutch only lasted to about 120,000kms (74,560miles). But I found out that Toyota used the same clutch from the regular Corolla 1ZZ-FE engine as the high revving 2ZZ-GE engine found in the XRS. The clutch didn't like 8,200rpm blips and started slipping at the top end. I am hoping that the Tacoma clutch will hold out better. If not, then a URD clutch will go in.

 

Just posts like this ive come across a few like this.

 

51k on my Tacoma. I wheel it and it will occasionally smell from getting hot. It is much like my 1985 4runner when I wheeled that back in the day. You'll get some smells. Sold the 4runner with 185,000 on the odo and original clutch. It has much more to do with the operator and not necessarily the clutch. Could you get a bad one? Sure. But premature wear on a clutch is exactly that...Premature wear from bad operating.

 

I'm at nearly 90k miles, still on the original clutch, and no indication that there is much wear at all based on the feel of it.

 

I have 70k and mine is good.

 

I suppose some of it depends on your use. When I was young and in college in Southern Cal, I burned up a Honda clutch in 30K (1 year) going between Anaheim, Long Beach and Irvine (stop and go traffic).

 

Also, my commute is down the 101 in phoenix. Not as bad as some places, but I'm going stop and go for a good 20 miles every day.

 

I've put well over 100k on our old saab turbo in stop and go commutes with no problem. That car went on to a 16yr old neighbor as a first car. It is still on the original clutch and should have about 200k on it now. I'm expecting nothing less from the Taco. I see less stop and go now but have been stuck in too many jams to count.

Stop and go should not be a problem for a clutch.

 

You know you're not supposed to wait until the VTEC kicks in to drop the clutch right? My co-workers Honda has over 200,000 with the same factory clutch. 30k on a Honda clutch?!?! I'm just not buying it unless there's a manufacturer error or some terrible driving skill going on.

 

Exactly. Depending on incline, most vehicles you can slightly engage the clutch with no gas/throttle and creep forward. There's not much wear on clutches without the higher RPMs.

 

Exactly, and 1st gear is pretty darn slow on the Taco. I've crept along at idle without a huge gap to the car in front. Maybe a bit over a car length.

If in a nasty jam, esp uphill, the 2LM is very nice option. I used that a couple times.

 

Can you explain how the 2LM benefits in that situation? I don’t understand

 

This was a brand new Honda Civic in the early eighties. By stop and go, I mean two plus hours to go 15 miles. I spent 3+ hours a day on the commute between home, school and work. This was before they built the express lanes and before they fixed the Orange Crush.

 

If you are in wicked bad stop-n-go, you can drop it into 2Lo and creep along at sub-walking pace. Pre-2LM and OVT FOB, I did this in 4Lo when stuck in a bad in-town jam that was headed up a long hill. The struggle was that I misjudged the last stop at the crest to disengage and there were turns ahead. I used the 2LM on an uphill, controlled on ramp with a corner in it. Two lanes were backed up over a 1/4mi. The 2LM made it a breeze.

If all goes wrong and you misjudged were the traffic breaks free, you can do up to 58mph in low range. This is not something that you want to be doing, but the capability is there.

ETA: the 2LM engages and disengages at lot faster than 4Hi and 4Lo because the systems in not waiting on signals from both the T case and ADD actuators. It feels like half the time?