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      10-12-2013, 11:53 AM   #1
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Question Clutch Cool down Warning?

Hi All,

I had a bizzare warning light and message come up the other day while driving a F30 BMW 316i.

Basically the message was that the clutch was too hot and that I needed to allow it to cool down. I've searched high and low all over to see if anyone else has had this message pop up but no lucky.

Yes I was driving like a bit of a lunatic. The temp out side was +/- 30C and I was in hectic start/stop traffic. Has anyone had this message pop up before?
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      10-12-2013, 01:24 PM   #2
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So, let's see: you're driving aggressively in hot weather and stop-and-go traffic, and you get a clutch warning, and you're worried something's wrong. Do you have an automatic, or what?
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Hi All,

I had a bizzare warning light and message come up the other day while driving a F30 BMW 316i.

Basically the message was that the clutch was too hot and that I needed to allow it to cool down. I've searched high and low all over to see if anyone else has had this message pop up but no lucky.

Yes I was driving like a bit of a lunatic. The temp out side was +/- 30C and I was in hectic start/stop traffic. Has anyone had this message pop up before?
No I haven't but I am in an Auto were you in an auto or manual?
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So, let's see: you're driving aggressively in hot weather and stop-and-go traffic, and you get a clutch warning, and you're worried something's wrong. Do you have an automatic, or what?
Aggressively... Well lets called it spirited/enthusiastically.
Hot weather...Yes
Stop-and-go traffic... Yes
Clutch warning... Yes
Worried somethings wrong... No, Just curious to know if anyone else has had this message pop up before on the BMW'S
6 Speed Manual transmission.
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No I haven't but I am in an Auto were you in an auto or manual?
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      10-14-2013, 03:03 AM   #6
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Wow...I can't keep up with all the replies *Note the sarcasm*

I'll ask again if anyone has had this warning come up, please share your story.
If anyone has any information on this type of warning, please share.
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I have a 6 speed manual and haven't had the warning. Are you riding the clutch in your spirited driving ?
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Wow...I can't keep up with all the replies *Note the sarcasm*

I'll ask again if anyone has had this warning come up, please share your story.
If anyone has any information on this type of warning, please share.
I havn't got one and i've got a 200 hp diesel with manual (more torque=more heat on clutch). Plenty of stop-n-go here aswell so my advice is don't drive like a dickhead in traffic, especially in heavy traffic.
Now I don't know how good you are with a manual (erratic clutch movement is begging to kill the clutch prematurely) but this isn't normal at least for normal traffic (maybe if tracking for a long time)
I've beaten my clutch with several hard launches and never got a warning like this, so damage to the longevity has most likely occured... Sorry
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I have a 6 speed manual and haven't had the warning. Are you riding the clutch in your spirited driving ?
Not during spirited driving but I was through the traffic (Worst Traffic I've ever been through).
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Hi All,

I had a bizzare warning light and message come up the other day while driving a F30 BMW 316i.

Basically the message was that the clutch was too hot and that I needed to allow it to cool down. I've searched high and low all over to see if anyone else has had this message pop up but no lucky.

Yes I was driving like a bit of a lunatic. The temp out side was +/- 30C and I was in hectic start/stop traffic. Has anyone had this message pop up before?
Very interesting. I've never heard of a clutch too hot warning, ever, on any type of car. I appreciate you mentioning this, and I'll be on the look out for it in the future.
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Very interesting. I've never heard of a clutch too hot warning, ever, on any type of car. I appreciate you mentioning this, and I'll be on the look out for it in the future.
That's exactly why I asked the question because I too had never seen a vehicle give a warning about the clutch being to hot and to drive moderately to allow the clutch to cool down.

Well lets hope you don't see it in the future. It can't be to good for the clutch if it gave a warning
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I also have not heard of a manual clutch heat warning. Interesting.

By the way, even in very heavy, slow traffic or on a hill there is no reason to ride the clutch.

Dear Clutch: I feel your pain.
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So, let's see: you're driving aggressively in hot weather and stop-and-go traffic, and you get a clutch warning, and you're worried something's wrong. Do you have an automatic, or what?
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I also have not heard of a manual clutch heat warning. Interesting.

By the way, even in very heavy, slow traffic or on a hill there is no reason to ride the clutch.

Dear Clutch: I feel your pain.
Umm, Have you ever been in South Africa?
Trust me when you have our taxi's and other idiotic drivers on the road to contend with, you do have to ride the poor clutch...
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I kind of chose to ignore his condescension.
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The warning happened because you were burning up the clutch. In most cars you'll just notice that when you boil over the fluid and the pedal goes to the floor, the BMW was polite enough to give you a warning.

The system was working as intended, you need to decide how much clutch slipping you really need to allow or be prepared to replace it after 30,000km.
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The warning happened because you were burning up the clutch. In most cars you'll just notice that when you boil over the fluid and the pedal goes to the floor, the BMW was polite enough to give you a warning.

The system was working as intended, you need to decide how much clutch slipping you really need to allow or be prepared to replace it after 30,000km.
Well I'm sure that not much damage has been caused if any at all as it only happened once for about 5 mins max and I usually never ride the clutch. On top of that I'm pretty sure BMW's are a lot stronger in terms of longevity.
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I had it this morning.
Heavy traffic, alot of start and stop for about a hour. Got the message after 45-50 minutes. 6 speed manual, +10 Celsius.

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I had it this morning.
Heavy traffic, alot of start and stop for about a hour. Got the message after 45-50 minutes. 6 speed manual, +10 Celsius.

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I had it this morning.
Heavy traffic, alot of start and stop for about a hour. Got the message after 45-50 minutes. 6 speed manual, +10 Celsius.

/bjrn
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Some engineer probably put a sensor on the clutch thinking it will never get "this" hot.

Then real world data shows it can get that hot.

They may need to increase the threshold temperature as where the error comes on.

If you don't report this problem BMW will likely never know about it.
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Some engineer probably put a sensor on the clutch thinking it will never get "this" hot.

Then real world data shows it can get that hot.

They may need to increase the threshold temperature as where the error comes on.

If you don't report this problem BMW will likely never know about it.
I'm not sure if it's strictly necessary. It hasn't happened since but I might run it by them but I highly doubt they'll do anything about it.
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Some engineer probably put a sensor on the clutch thinking it will never get "this" hot.

Then real world data shows it can get that hot.

They may need to increase the threshold temperature as where the error comes on.

If you don't report this problem BMW will likely never know about it.
I'm not sure if it's strictly necessary. It hasn't happened since but I might run it by them but I highly doubt they'll do anything about it.
Perhaps, but 50 minutes of spirited driving should not result in a swanky error.
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