5th Gear Grinding = New Transmission

Cristobal09 · 02-07-2012, 09:14 PM

Id be nervous as hell if the tranny is already gone. Most likely the guy before you who had it drove it like an a$$hole and ragged the crap out of it. Id check all the fluids in it imo.

eastwest2300 · 02-08-2012, 05:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Cristobal09

Id be nervous as hell if the tranny is already gone. Most likely the guy before you who had it drove it like an a$$hole and ragged the crap out of it. Id check all the fluids in it imo.

It bothers me how the dealer didnt check the transmission..

ChrisSlicks · 02-08-2012, 06:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Cristobal09

Id be nervous as hell if the tranny is already gone. Most likely the guy before you who had it drove it like an a$$hole and ragged the crap out of it. Id check all the fluids in it imo.

The 5th gear grind is the most commonly reported transmission issue for the 6MT. The people on this forum that have reported it have been all over the spectrum, so I don't think it is a typical abuse related failure although there may be a certain driving habit that exposes it (e.g. skip shift placing extra burden on an already weak synchro). The later is just hypothetical conjecture, I haven't surveyed the owners to establish any pattern, was just using it as an example

LennyZCSD · 12-07-2012, 11:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Cristobal09

Id be nervous as hell if the tranny is already gone. Most likely the guy before you who had it drove it like an a$$hole and ragged the crap out of it. Id check all the fluids in it imo.

Not really the 5th gear synchros are junk I am about to go in for a 2nd replacement for the same issue @ 55,000 miles..

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