16 captured repliesPartial discussion capture · Source accounts, not a confirmed diagnosis
THIS DISCUSSION / SOURCE-DERIVED OVERVIEW
Discussion summary
YOUR RESEARCHChanging A Clutch On Boxster - Page 1 - Porsche General - PistonHeads UK
Leading reported evidence
Recommend ), a clutch
Suggestion or failed attempt
No successful repair reported for this finding.
0
Reported fixes
0
Unsuccessful attempts
1
Discussions
Read evidence and context
Explicit resolution reports before identified causes, performed actions and suggestions. Within each level, matching component labels precede direct query mentions and inherited thread context; successful versus unsuccessful discussion counts, owner confirmations and independent discussion support determine order. This is not a probability of success.
Discussions that contain suggestions
1
0 original-poster resolution reports. Counts can overlap; they are not unique people or a success rate.
0 discussions have direct query context; 0 report a fix in that context. Other evidence may inherit the discussion’s subject.
Suggestion
According to JZ Machtech's website (who I highly recommend), a clutch for a Boxster S is listed as £480 +vat
Changing A Clutch On Boxster - Page 1 - Porsche General - PistonHeads UK
Read full discussion summary
Leading evidence: 'Recommend ), a clutch' (no explicit attributable resolution; this is a reported action or suggestion). Across 1 matching discussions, The most frequently discussed action is 'Recommend ), a clutch' (1 discussions). For that action, 0 discussions report a resolution and 0 report an unsuccessful attempt. No action has an explicit, attributable resolution report under the current rules. These are forum reports and suggestions, not a confirmed diagnosis.
Source reports, not a diagnosis or a success probability. Counts refer to discussions and can overlap.
Explicit resolution reports before identified causes, performed actions and suggestions. Within each level, matching component labels precede direct query mentions and inherited thread context; successful versus unsuccessful discussion counts, owner confirmations and independent discussion support determine order. This is not a probability of success.
Discussions that contain suggestions
1
0 original-poster resolution reports. Counts can overlap; they are not unique people or a success rate.
0 discussions have direct query context; 0 report a fix in that context. Other evidence may inherit the discussion’s subject.
Suggestion
Tell him to buy himself a VW Polo if he expects his clutch to last a few hundred thousand miles and never have to repair anything.
Changing A Clutch On Boxster - Page 1 - Porsche General - PistonHeads UK
Replace clutch
Suggestion or failed attempt
No successful repair reported for this finding.
0
Reported fixes
0
Unsuccessful attempts
1
Discussions
Read evidence and context
Explicit resolution reports before identified causes, performed actions and suggestions. Within each level, matching component labels precede direct query mentions and inherited thread context; successful versus unsuccessful discussion counts, owner confirmations and independent discussion support determine order. This is not a probability of success.
Discussions that contain suggestions
1
0 original-poster resolution reports. Counts can overlap; they are not unique people or a success rate.
0 discussions have direct query context; 0 report a fix in that context. Other evidence may inherit the discussion’s subject.
Suggestion · Original poster
Has anyone had to change the clutch on their boxster?
Changing A Clutch On Boxster - Page 1 - Porsche General - PistonHeads UK
Coverage and how to read this overview
Counts describe captured discussions, not unique people or a diagnosis. Author identities are not reliably stored. Exact duplicate evidence is counted once across matching discussions; one discussion counts at most once per action/state. Multiple repairs reported together remain a combination. Suggestions and failed attempts do not establish a fix. Matches cover whole discussions and can include related faults, model variants and incomplete threads.
16 eligible posts · 0 unverified posts · 1 discussions match the subject in their title or opening post.
PistonHeads: 1 discussions
0 evidence records excluded for query context · 0 excluded by outcome qualification · 0 adjusted by outcome qualification.
0 acknowledgements have no verified action link; they do not establish a repair result.
Generation: 20261027T171335Z · outcome-qualification-6. Deterministic extraction; no AI model inference. How we use sources
Same question really.
Took a colleague's Boxster S for a 30 second spin around the car park yesterday, and he is now accusing me of burning out his clutch. The car is booked into a garage tomorrow.
Admitidly revved it a bit, but nothing worse than I do in my Impreza occasionally. Can the Boxster clutch give up so easily and what sort of cost are we looking at? Any info gratefully received.
By repute they are not the strongest point of the car. I have never had any clutch troubles on my last two - but I didn't get as far as 20,000 miles on the last one so...
How old was the 'S'? (Miles...)
Driven managed to knacker two Boxsters' clutches during program making (although heavy right feet and total lack of mechanical sympathy did get the blame in the end).
Cheers Don. It is a W reg and has done about 15,000 miles. If they are known to be weak it looks like it was an expensive 30 second spin. Any idea what I am looking at cost wise?
Unfortunate incident,but surely you would only have to come up with a good will payment on a 15,000 mile clutch rather than pay the whole cost?
If you are happy to pay for the whole thing,,let me book my car in at AFN and then please feel free to borrow it and they will sort out any imperfections.
www.design911.co.uk/transmission_clutch.htm
Might give you an idea. Inflate that somewhat for OPC prices and, of course, add labour. Depending on where you are a specialist may offer a better deal. Northway Porsche in reading and JZ Machtech have excellent reputations in the South...
Only 15,000 miles seems very low. As Don stated, the Boxster clutch isn't the strongest point of the car - it's not ideal for traffic light drag races for example! My original Box did 36K miles on the original clutch (the first owner only did 2200 miles in a year - I bought the car at a year old and had it for a further 2.5 years) and was still ok when I sold it. My current Box S is 3 years old with 40K miles and the clutch is still OK.
I would be questioning whether you really had burnt the clutch out on your brief spin. Might be worth checking out the US Porsche Pete's Boxster Board as there have been a number of posts on failed clutches although I think that this was on the very early cars (certainly pre-99)
TOM
Your colleague is a tight fisted cretin, tell him to pay his own
maintainence bills. The clutch would have worn out over time. He is trying to take you for a mug.
DAZ
With mates like that...
Tell him to buy himself a VW Polo if he expects his clutch to last a few hundred thousand miles and never have to repair anything.
Does he want you to get it valeted too as your arse dented his seat leather.
Except it got so predictable and boring even the TVR boys got tired of it...who needs the old
TVR Tamora crowd: "Your clutches break. Nyah nyah."
Porsche Crowd: "Yah boo sucks. Your cars are made of plastic or was that papier mache. Nyah nyah."
I have a 2.5 boxster, had my first clutch change at 140.000 km just before the warranty period expired, clutch was still ok. Have now 270.000 km and clutch is still going strong.
PS my right foot is linked to my wallet, speedingtickets cost a fortune in Belgium.
So it all depends onyour right foot mate!!!!
Well thank goodness for that. And, frankly, I'd think twice about ever driving one of his cars again. Daz has a point - clutches are very, very rarely worn out in one short drive....
Has anyone had to change the clutch on their boxster? If so what milage was it on? Is it a big job? How much money are we talking? - Any info would be appreciated - Cheers
This is a source reference. Confirm exact model applicability in the original material.
