2nd Gear grind

boston335dna · 04-06-2010, 02:19 PM

Anyone experience a 2nd gear grind? I've had this since I purchased my car last year and the service dept. can't reproduce it. They blamed it on poor shifting. Yeah right. Then the second time I brought it in, they blamed it on the floor mats. I was finally able to reproduce it with the service tech in the car and he's still scratching his head. Basically, when I shift in high RPM > 5,000 and have the clutched depressed fully to the mat, the gear makes a nasty grind from 1st to 2nd.

Any suggestions?

SpmnE9zero · 04-06-2010, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by boston335dna

Anyone experience a 2nd gear grind? I've had this since I purchased my car last year and the service dept. can't reproduce it. They blamed it on poor shifting. Yeah right. Then the second time I brought it in, they blamed it on the floor mats. I was finally able to reproduce it with the service tech in the car and he's still scratching his head. Basically, when I shift in high RPM > 5,000 and have the clutched depressed fully to the mat, the gear makes a nasty grind from 1st to 2nd.

Any suggestions?

Syncros!!!

Arustik1 · 04-06-2010, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by SpmnE9zero

Syncros!!!

+1

How often does this happen?

-D

jopa489 · 04-06-2010, 08:55 PM

Blown syncros on a new car seems strange, but possible I suppose.

boston335dna · 04-06-2010, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by jopa489

Blown syncros on a new car seems strange, but possible I suppose.

Agreed. I'm going to take it back when I have time and reproduce it for the service manager in Peabody.

virtualbong · 04-07-2010, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by SpmnE9zero

Syncros!!!

+2

At least that was a common issue with the Infiniti Gs.

windowsM · 04-07-2010, 10:25 AM

That's not fun

My GTI occasionally grinded 3rd if I got lazy, but never caused problems.

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