Is it possible that the clutch assembly is the problem?

Question

Thanks everyone for your help! Here we go again. I just came back from the mechanic today and he suggeste the tune up to see if that would stop the hesitating ( plus to see if it would start in the rain). After all that and a couple of hundred bux, he says that the reason that my car keeps hesitating at speed is because something about the clutch pad is slightly worn and at speed it'll disengage and re-engage. It could even happen at slower speeds, and occasionally the car will act like it wants to take off. He says that the clutch is spinning too fast from wear and that when it re-engages, the car will act like it's ready to jump. Can someone tell me, does this sound right? It does to me but i don't want to put his kids thru Harvard either!

Answer 1

I don't know what kind of car you have but if the clutch is slipping at speed/under load you will smell it burning.