weird 6th gear problem

ZKindaGuy · 07-09-2009, 10:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by corbin09

Hey all i dont know if anyone else has experienced this, but on a wot run, in 5th at pretty high rmps, i went to shift over to 6th, I wasnt at redline mind you but probably around 6k, and it wouldnt go into gear, so i let off the clutch and tried again and got the same problem. I didnt double clutch but i shouldnt have to right? has anyone else had problems with this in any gear including 6th and is this normal for these cars? (i came from an s4 and am new to nissan) Any help would be greatly appreciated.

There is NO problem or defect...I had the same issue until I discovered that I was putting a very slight downward pressure on the shift knob when trying to go into 6th gear. This engages an anticipated prep for going into REVERSE. However because the car is moving forward the REVERSE shift lock gets engaged obviously for safety reasons. This prevents any upshift into 6th AND into REVERSE and causes you to have to either go into neutral and retry the 6th gear shift or to downshift into 5th and then re-shift into 6th WITHOUT any downward pressure on the shift knob.

This isn't any bullsh*t either as I have done this at least a dozen times an was able to reproduce it over and over again exactly as I described above. And it only takes the slightest amount or almost imperceptable down-pressure on the shift knob which is why it is not easy to detect at all.

DannyGT · 07-09-2009, 11:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZKindaGuy

There is NO problem or defect...I had the same issue until I discovered that I was putting a very slight downward pressure on the shift knob when trying to go into 6th gear. This engages an anticipated prep for going into REVERSE. However because the car is moving forward the REVERSE shift lock gets engaged obviously for safety reasons. This prevents any upshift into 6th AND into REVERSE and causes you to have to either go into neutral and retry the 6th gear shift or to downshift into 5th and then re-shift into 6th WITHOUT any downward pressure on the shift knob.

This isn't any bullsh*t either as I have done this at least a dozen times an was able to reproduce it over and over again exactly as I described above. And it only takes the slightest amount or almost imperceptable down-pressure on the shift knob which is why it is not easy to detect at all.

Your correct, no bulls anywhere..

I actually reproduced this as well and I found going into 6th by almost cupping the shifter in an upward manner would result is perfect shifts everytime.

But its true what wstar said, I know I never need to shift into 6th at 150+ under wot...Just use 5th unless your really looking to dragrace/mile race someone on the street. But still who needs to be doing that so agressivly on the street ?

Road coarse > Drag

xiven · 07-09-2009, 01:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DannyGT

Just use 5th unless your really looking to dragrace/mile race someone on the street. But still who needs to be doing that so agressivly on the street ?

I agree...just leave it in 5th. You'll have more power in that gear anyways.

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