Trouble shifting into gear when car is stopped
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Trouble shifting into gear when car is stopped
I have on 03 S that recently had its 30k mile service. This problem has progressed slowly over the past few days, but today it has gotten really bad. When the car is stopped, it takes a lot of force to shift into gear, any gear. Reverse is the worse, and it almost takes 2 hands to get it into gear. Once I get the car is moving, I can freely shift between any gear just like nothing is wrong.
Even if I have it in 1st while the car is stopped, put in the clutch, take it out of 1st, and immediately try to go back into 1st, it is still takes way too much force.
I have an appointment with the dealer, but they can't get to it for 2 days. Just wanted to see if anyone here has had similar problems or might have an idea as to what is wrong.
Even if I have it in 1st while the car is stopped, put in the clutch, take it out of 1st, and immediately try to go back into 1st, it is still takes way too much force.
I have an appointment with the dealer, but they can't get to it for 2 days. Just wanted to see if anyone here has had similar problems or might have an idea as to what is wrong.
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I don't know what's the problem but in my car if your at a stop try putting it in 3rd gear real quick without moving or releasing the clutch then put it in 1st, it makes it go alot more smoothly into 1st.
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Occasionally I have trouble going into reverse, it seems to mainly happen only when I am stopped on an incline. I haven't had a chance to get the tran. fluid changed yet. Let us know if you get the clutch fluid changed too. I am interested to hear what helps you. As far as the other gears I can freely go from 1-6. Reverse just gives me some trouble only on the incline.
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Originally Posted by gravit,Apr 24 2007, 03:30 PM
I have on 03 S that recently had its 30k mile service. This problem has progressed slowly over the past few days, but today it has gotten really bad. When the car is stopped, it takes a lot of force to shift into gear, any gear. Reverse is the worse, and it almost takes 2 hands to get it into gear. Once I get the car is moving, I can freely shift between any gear just like nothing is wrong.
Even if I have it in 1st while the car is stopped, put in the clutch, take it out of 1st, and immediately try to go back into 1st, it is still takes way too much force.
I have an appointment with the dealer, but they can't get to it for 2 days. Just wanted to see if anyone here has had similar problems or might have an idea as to what is wrong.
Even if I have it in 1st while the car is stopped, put in the clutch, take it out of 1st, and immediately try to go back into 1st, it is still takes way too much force.
I have an appointment with the dealer, but they can't get to it for 2 days. Just wanted to see if anyone here has had similar problems or might have an idea as to what is wrong.
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Originally Posted by S2kNY,Apr 24 2007, 12:35 PM
I don't know what's the problem but in my car if your at a stop try putting it in 3rd gear real quick without moving or releasing the clutch then put it in 1st, it makes it go alot more smoothly into 1st.
Had all my fluids redone and still have the problem. It goes away when the car's been driven for about 10 minutes or so, or when I slip it into first as the car is coming to a stop. Just learned to live with it.
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Originally Posted by RED MX5,Apr 24 2007, 03:59 PM
It sounds almost like your clutch is not fully disengaging. Have you looked at the clutch fluid level lately?
The thing that seemed odd was that the fluid looked fairly dirty. I don't have much experience with clutch fluid, but I expected it to be somewhat transparent, while this was kind of a chalky grey.
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Originally Posted by gravit,Apr 25 2007, 09:57 AM
I checked the clutch fluid, and it was a little low. It was below the MIN line by about 1/2 an inch. I added some fluid last night to bring it up to the right level, but it didn't seem to help this morning.
The thing that seemed odd was that the fluid looked fairly dirty. I don't have much experience with clutch fluid, but I expected it to be somewhat transparent, while this was kind of a chalky grey.
The thing that seemed odd was that the fluid looked fairly dirty. I don't have much experience with clutch fluid, but I expected it to be somewhat transparent, while this was kind of a chalky grey.