Hi! I bought my first car 4 months ago, it’s a Hyundai Kona 2020 limited, 12000 miles now, it has a DCT transmission, (I live in a slightly hilly street) so sometimes when parking i have to reverse up hill i have to really tap into the gas for it to react sometimes cause it wont respond well otherwise(Since DCT doesn’t respond well at low speeds) but if I over do it a rotten smell comes from the air vents. Is this bad? Or maybe I’m burning the clutch? It only happens in this situation otherwise it’s just fine, I won’t smell anything.
Is this bad? Or maybe I’m burning the clutch?
The clutch has a very distinct stench, kind of like sulphur - So yeah, that might be the smell of your clutch being burned.
looking online, a lot of people have that complaints against Hyundai’s newer DCTs.
It is definitely not good - I hope you have read the fine print of the warranty to check if they cover clutch packs…
(some crappier companies cover only “transmission internals”, but I think Hyundai does cover clutches - if you’re the original owner / transferred the warranty)
I know that on the Ford dry PowerShift, they would try and seal the area between the engine and the clutch housing with foam (to avoid smells and water intrusion), I do not know if that’s an option on a Hyundai.
I had a similar issue with a Toyota Corolla automated manual, both times the clutch went out - it was first with a bit of a smell, that later transformed into an indescribable stench and light vibration on acceleration (from slippage)
DCT transmission, (I live in a slightly hilly street)
This is really not a good idea - especially considering that on a Hyundai the clutches do not last long even in regular conditions.
The Kona was also offered on the US marked with a solid 2.0 MPi engine and a solid old school 6 speed torque converted planetary - the T-GDI and DCT are really not for hilly areas, or city driving, or for people who want their cars to last…
