Something like $1200-1400 for a factory replacement. About 2.5x that for the UUC upgraded clutch.
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$1200-$1400 for a clutch job can hadly considered expensive for a luxury/high performance car such as the M5. frankly if that is too much money for you, you should probably be driving something more affordable.
I just replaced my clutch with a factory one and I the cost for the clutch kit and labor was $1200. If you need a new flywheel it would run you another $700. Good luck!
A '01 with 39k miles should still be under warranty. Unfortunately warranty does not covers a clutch replacement. You'd need the maintenace warranty to cover the clutch.
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Originally Posted by Dave Andrews
Thanks chaps, so it's one arm, one leg and a lifetime of crippling debt.. Gack!!.. I'll have a search of the archives.
DMZ, I dont necessarily consider the cost exorbitant per se, it's simply that a new clutch at 39,000 miles would normally be considered an unexpected expense; I think anyone would baulk at this regardless of their means. After reading the various threads it seems BMW have under-specced the clutch for this particular application.
Can't argue with you about the under-speced clutch on the M5 for aggresive driving. And we all know how hard is not to do that on a M5. But, just saying that $1200 for a clutch job on a $70k+ car is not out of line.
I also agree that the clutch is not up to duty for a car with 400hp, unless you drive it like a grandma, or really know how to baby a clutch while having fun. However, I do remember clutch jobs being $1200 on my fathers E28 535i, so I guess cost has not increased too much. Except that his E28 got 150k on the original clutch...
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