5th gear "crunching" with shift

Auston · 02-14-2010, 02:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ejrives

go to the dealership. It isn't normal. I had the same issue with different gears and got a new tranny. I posted the link in here already

I hear you, I went to the dealership and they replicated the issue. Weeks
later they told me to bring it back if it gets worse.

I figure if I bring it back again they will want to replicate it again. Since it
only happens about once a day, it's highly unlikely that it will act up again
with them driving. So I've been waiting for it to get worse to avoid certain
hassle with the dealership

mazdaspeed3 · 02-16-2010, 04:37 PM

Don't know if this will help, but has anyone thought about changing out one or more of the motor mounts? I have a Mazdaspeed 3 and a lot of people complained about grinding until they changed to stiffer motor mounts. It made a huge difference for me at least. I imagine that quick shifting jostles the transmission quite a bit, and putting a stiffer anchor to the chassis could help.

Cameron

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02-16-2010, 04:37 PM	#2 (permalink)
mazdaspeed3 Base Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: the basement Posts: 22 Drives: 09 370z sprt+Trng Rep Power: 17	Don't know if this will help, but has anyone thought about changing out one or more of the motor mounts? I have a Mazdaspeed 3 and a lot of people complained about grinding until they changed to stiffer motor mounts. It made a huge difference for me at least. I imagine that quick shifting jostles the transmission quite a bit, and putting a stiffer anchor to the chassis could help. Cameron