# Car repair **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [July 8, 2008, 7:11am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-repair/16392 "2008-07-08T07:11:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![annmarie218](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f1d935/32.png) [@annmarie218](https://community.cartalk.com/u/annmarie218)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 7:11am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-repair/16392/1 "2008-07-08T07:11:35Z")
We have a 2005 Ford Fusion, it needs a new clutch , the dealer wants $850 and then on top of that they said the starter is bad, and want $ 250. Is this excessive? Or is it right? ---
**Author:** ![BustedKnuckles](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bustedknuckles/32/25_2.png) [@BustedKnuckles](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BustedKnuckles)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 10:39am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-repair/16392/2 "2008-07-08T10:39:07Z")
Sounds cheap to me from a dealer. Of course, an independant mechanic will charge less, and do just as good a job. BTW, what happened to the clutch? I’ve never replaced a clutch on a car only 3 years old. On my last several manual shift cars, the clutch lasted 150,000 miles. ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 11:04am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-repair/16392/3 "2008-07-08T11:04:09Z")
``` What is wrong with the starter?? I agree with Busted that the price seems reasonable (at least for a dealer, but I think I would want an independent to take a look at both the clutch and the starter and then you can decide. ``` Remember that dealers are no better or worse than independents but they are almost always more expensive. ---
**Author:** ![cappy208](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cappy208/32/31_2.png) [@cappy208](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cappy208)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 11:17am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-repair/16392/4 "2008-07-08T11:17:18Z")
the price is right!! but some advice, like i told my kids. if you are wearing out a clutch on a three year old car, you need to adjust your driving/shifting/acceleration habits. as BK said, a clutch should last years and years. possibly the lifetime of the car. so you may want to think about your driving habits. ---
**Author:** ![ken\_green](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/ken_green/32/816_2.png) [@ken\_green](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ken_green)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 3:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-repair/16392/5 "2008-07-08T15:23:22Z")
Clutch set Ford #7E5Z-7B546-A @ $375.27 list plus labor and flywheel surfacing on a fwd transaxle…price sounds ok. starter Ford# 6E5Z-11002-AA @ $223.07 list . First year for fusion is '06 , is this what you have or is the '05 you’re refering to not a Fusion ?