Why Dubai's Traffic Kills Clutches
Dubai's driving conditions are brutal on clutches. The constant stop-and-go on Sheikh Zayed Road, the crawling traffic around Dubai Mall and Business Bay, and the steep ramps in multi-storey car parks all accelerate wear. A clutch that should last 100,000 km in open-road driving might only manage 60,000 km here.
Heat is another factor. Summer temperatures of 45°C plus heat radiating from asphalt cook the clutch fluid and glaze the friction plate. We see this every summer — cars that drove fine in March are slipping by July. And then there is the sand. Fine desert dust gets into the bell housing, contaminates the clutch plate, and causes juddering on engagement. These are not random failures. They are predictable consequences of driving in Dubai.