For context, cause I have been asked this a bit in the comments, I decided to keep the OEM clutch due to SCCA Street Class rules. They only allow you to legally use a clutch that is essentially identical to the OEM one. Otherwise I would have upgraded to a twin clutch or something. It is definitely more of a take you by your word sort of thing, and honestly, a of course a better clutch won't give you a performance benefit unless you tune the car, but people will protest for the pettiest shit at the National level, so I really don't wanna take that chance lol.

I’ve seen several people saying their GRC clutches are going out under 10k miles. It’s definitely an issue. No matter how much you abuse a clutch it shouldn’t be going out so early at stock power levels. I hate seeing the dudes on pages trying to cope with their purchase by saying the people with these issues can’t drive. Why didn’t you purchase a nice after market twin disc clutch so you aren’t in this situation again in 10-20k miles? Thanks for making this video the more people talk about it the more likely they’ll produce a different clutch for these.

That is honestly a little alarming. I absolutely thrashed on my clutch in my gt86. That car didn’t see a single easy day in its life. 80k miles of track days, auto cross, burnouts, donuts, and touge runs. That clutch never slipped and looked pretty healthy when I last saw it. Under 20k on anything short of a super car doesn’t make much sense

Hmm...so I wasn't the only one who thought something was strange about my 2024 GR CE's clutch. Just took delivery last week and drove it home 540 mi from Kansas to Colorado. For the break-in on that long drive, I would frequently accelerate smoothly from ~2800-4000 RPM (and later to 4500) and let off the gas to let the revs slowly fall back down. On a few of those pulls, I smelled the clutch which seemed very odd to me but I figured it was just breaking in (though my 350Z and F82 M4 never had that issue during break-in). In the past week of ownership, I have smelled it twice going up my short driveway with a minor incline which my M4 hasn't done in 6+ years of ownership. I have driven MT cars for 30 years (learned to drive on one, actually) and all of this has never happened before. Until seeing your video, I thought my case was unique. I was being careful with my clutch anyway but will be extra cautious now. Thanks for the heads up. Looking forward to hopefully hearing the outcome of your discussion with Toyota, although Im not holding my breath that they'll do anything.

I’ve had a similar experience in my 7th gen GTI. A few spirited launches in an autocross event glazed the clutch over and it became easy to slip as soon as the turbo kicks in. I ended up upgrading the clutch, but in between the event and getting the replacement done, it fixed itself. But I still went ahead and replaced the clutch because if one event glazed the clutch, it’s gonna happen again. It’s disappointing, but the replacement clutch was so much better that a repair became an upgrade. Hope your’s end up that way too!

Definitely seems like something is up. Mine smells terrible getting up the tiny incline of my driveway. Also are there any cheaper flywheel options available? Not a fan the noisy/vague bite point dual mass we have.

Interesting. I am at 65,000kms on the GR Yaris, with a tune and original clutch. I bounce off the limiter multiple times a day. Do you use iMT? Every time I forget to switch it on I can feel it grabbing hard

Interesting photos, thank you. I am concerned about the clutch in this car as well, especially after a valet absolutely ROASTED it in Los Angeles. Had no idea the hotel was valet only, so was kinda forced to use them. Heard it redlining up to the ramp, car comes back reeking of clutch. I hope I won't suffer a similar fate.

I've seen similar comments regarding the clutch wear posted on FB and the GR Corolla Forum. With around 1500 miles on my engine/clutch I felt a brief moment of slippage occur as I was going from a stop up a driveway. In my 20 years of driving clutch this has never happened to me, unless the clutch was already heavily worn (ie. if I had not replaced the clutch that the previous owner had installed). Even after 70,000 miles on a clutch that I had broken in from new, this is the first time that this has happened to me. That said, with just under 2500 miles on my GR Corolla I'm already planning out the clutch replacement. This my daily driver and is not an autox/track car but is my daily driver and 'light fun' weekend car, as such replacing the clutch (and likely flywheel) is borderline a requirement for me. I'm debating between a Clutch Masters or Spec (both Stage 1) and the Clutch Masters steel flywheel.

My clutch seems to slip only when I’m banging through the gears extra fast. When I give it a moment it grabs. I’m scratching my head over it. I got fbo with jb4

Did u consider just getting an upgraded aftermarket kit since it wasn’t warrantied anyhow?

If anyone else has a gr do y’all have problems with your clutches. I’m worried now I have a grc with 6500 miles and was wondering is this for a lot of grc

every GRC owner is having issues with the clutch including myself. I currently have 7k miles on the cluster and my clutch slipping around 5k rpm. My GRC has never been abuse or track. 😢

It’s very strange how hit and miss this issue is. I see plenty say they have over 10k miles and no issues and some under 4k or at around 10k. I have not noticed anything (I am only at 750 miles in my 2024 CE). I did smell burning but that was only on an incline and I was just riding the clutch too long at a stop sign where I had to keep gradually moving forward. Hopefully I don’t run into this

I would have upgraded to a xclutch stage 1 going to be substantially more reliable clutch.. OEM one just to weak so you don’t go through this again.. any reason you didn’t upgrade.

There's a guy on Facebook that got quoted $6k at the dealer for a clutch replacement. How much did you pay, if you don't mind me asking?

Hey. my sister has a 23 GRC n her clutch went out once under 4k miles n it went out again at 10k again. Toyota paid for it the first time n we are dealing with them to fix it once again.

Not sure how many awd cars you’ve had before but launching in an AWD car takes a bigger strain on the clutch compared to front/rear wheel cars. Please consider running a twin disc for your next clutch if you’re going to be tracking the car often.

The pressure plate chunked off parts are just "casting defects" from the manufacturing process. Lots of clutch dust will cause a slipping clutch. I took apart my high mileage clutch and saw the disk and flywheel looked fine but it was packed with dust. It was probably clamping the clutch against dust.

Im sure youve probably come across the same pictures I have seen when looking into this but seems like yours isnt nearly the only one to be missing chunks out of them. Also seen a comment or two that Toyota have covered it or at least part of it from one or two comments around online, might be a dealer to dealer type situation on that though.

Damn, dude.

Can confirm mines been doing it. it slipped several times since I’ve had it the car has 25,000 miles now. And honestly, I’m starting to think this thing is a lemon.

i have a gr corolla, my take is that most people who have one, don't know how to drive it properly... also i have a hard time accepting most who own one took it easy on the car until the break in period was over, 500 miles or 1000kms...

In all fairness, this is a known issue on SOME GRs. One thing to always keep in mind that pegging the RL in 1st and 2nd is never a good practice ESP with AWD engaged.

How much was it?

A clutch should be cover by the normal bumper warranty 3yr/36k unless the car has been modified to produce more than 300hp.

if you want to improve your chances of getting reimbursed by Toyota for your clutch I would recommend contacting Scotty Kilmer and telling him about it as he will put them on blast as he has stated that he has done that already with many of his customers in his videos

Maybe you shift too fast? The gear ratios on the GRC are not conducive for fast shifts. First through third have pretty big gaps between gears. I am not saying anyone is wrong but the consequence of forcing fast shifts or over driving the transmission is a lot of slippage.

Dude dont be nice and let people tell you that it happened from doing a couple autox's...or u were shifting to fast...lol ... Toyota should cover this. If you were abusing the car it would show up in many areas of the car. Go to a transmission or race shop and get tell them to look at the old clutch. Then get that in writing and send it to Toyota....

Guess we'll see. I don't race it or thrash it, and I don't intend to. I'm at 600 miles.

One day somebody’s gonna sue them for all this mess with the clutch.

The clutch in these things suck. Worst clutch in a new car ever! Driving this car is like watching a delicate ballet performance. It is stunning and graceful , but be prepared for some hidden behind the $cenes effort$ to keep it in perfect $hape. It's delightful, but it is high-maintenance.

Not to be a hater, but these cars were going for the same price as a GT350 and that blows my mind