Its not really a high pitch squeal, like you might get from a squeaky fan belt, but not bass either. It is mid-range and it sounds like the engine is really struggling to pull (almost like you had selected say 4th gear rather than 1st). It doesn't happen every single time, but is pretty common. I have tried increasing and, alternatively, decreasing revs at the time the clutch is released, but this hasn't made any difference, so I don't think that it is down to my driving style (put it this way, I have been driving for 20 years, and have never had any clutch/gearbox problems before).

May be an unrelated point, but the engine also sounds like a rattley old deisel at times. Again, its not all the time, and the noise usually goes away after a good drive, but it does happen quite regularly.

I tend to do about 70 miles per day, being a mixture of motorways (about 50 miles out of the total 70) and in-town traffic (being about 20 miles out of the total 70). the car is less than a year old and has done just over 10k miles.

Thanks and kind regards

Simon

Dear Peter

Is a fly wheel straightforward to mend?

Thanks

Hmm - I guess my garage is going to try to wriggle on this as it would be warranty work. Any helpful hints on how to get them to acknoweldge it?

thanks for your help - much appreciated

Simon

thank you very much

simon