Dual Mass Flywheel.

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I have recently been reading more and more stories (and comments in car ads) about people having problems with DMF failures on modern cars. What I don't understand is how these are different to standard flywheels, why they are commonly used, and how the failure manifests itself. Also, are they as easy to replace as a normal flywheel of arethey really difficult and expensive to procure? Are there any cars to avoid or do they all have these now?

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How can you find out if certain cars have them? I assumed that it was only modern diesels, but saw an advert for a Mondeo V6 which had had one changed!! Is it something that a competent home mechanic could fit?

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Superhoop said:

Graham said:

my old chap had 2 replaced on his mx5 under warranty !!!

There must have been something seriously wrong there then - No MX-5 (MKI, MKII, MKIII, or even the MKIII facelift model) have EVER been fitted with a DMF.....

..apart from 1.....