I posted this by mistake in the first gen area.
A couple weeks ago our Paceman All4 was flat bedded to Mini of Cleveland.
It appeared, or acted like the clutch was slipping. I could put it in gear, start off and the motor would rev like the clutch was slipping but there was no smell. The car would go about 10-15 MPH, no odd sensations with the pedal either. shift into second and nothing more than 10-15 mph. No clutch material burning smell. Upon arrival, the car exhibited the same problem. Later in its stay, it acted normal like any other car....no issue. It had 36034mi on the clock, is a CPO (warrantied up to 75k miles.) I thought "You keep that SOB, I do not want it back". It acted up for them late last week and they tore into it on Monday. It is Tuesday and I have been informed it is ready for pickup and a clutch replacement was done at no charge to me. Yay, good for me, Thank You MINI.
Will a clutch be intermittently bad? I have a Class A CDL and drive and own Heavy trucks and have replaced my fair share of clutches and transmissions. I cannot remember a clutch not working on and off like that. I'm analytical and will have to play 20 questions when I go pick it up, just because I want to know and understand.


Anybody have this happen to them?

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I have a buddy with 2013 CM who had the exact same thing happen to him. Dealer replaced the clutch free of charge: he was told by the dealership who did the repair that it's a known issue. He never mentioned any burnt clutch smell when I spoke to him, just that the clutch was slipping more and more.

 

Picked up the car last night, was told the dual mass flywheel had come apart and took out the clutch. All replaced under warranty due to the flywheel coming apart. Thank You Cleveland MINI.