Hey guys, I'll start this by saying I am new to owning manual transmission cars. I'm a Ford certified automatic transmission tech, and I work on Lincolns almost exclusively. I have basically zero working knowledge with manuals at this point in my career lol

I own a 2012 GT 6MT with 102k miles on it. I've had it for a couple months, and put about 1500 miles on it. I have started to notice that when I leave the garage in the mornings, it feels like I'm getting some clutch shudder as I pull out of the driveway, and also after taking off from the first stop sign down the road from my house. After the first couple stop-and-go's, I have no issues and don't feel this light shuddering for the rest of the day, until I park the car overnight. Then the next morning, the shudder is back. It only happens right when the clutch is probably 80% to 90% engaged, and I have zero clutch slippage under power.

Is this a normal thing, and I'm chasing a ghost? Or is this the beginning of the clutch telling me that it's on its last legs? Hopefully I can learn from some of you guys with manual trans experience!

 

If the clutch shuddering always occurs on a daily basis? My guess would be the clutch is in the beginning stages of its last legs, especially with having 102k miles.. I would also recommend connecting a tool scanning device to check for any possible error codes from within the vehicle's ECM