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During the starting of the vehicle, the friction clutch engagement sometimes generates judder. Judder prevents vehicles from starting smoothly, harms the ride comfort, and may produce damage to the drivetrain components. This unpleasant phenomenon, which often manifests in the form of noisy torsional vibrations of the drivetrain or a violent surging of starting vehicles, is an example of the many annoying problems that automotive engineers have been experiencing since the car was invented. Engineers and scientists have identified some causes of transient torsional oscillations connected to judder. Vibrations generated by the clutch facings when a special type of relationship between the friction coefficient and sliding speed occurs account for the most important source of judder.