Originally Posted by Mame
I, too, have issues with putting the car into first gear, but I also have the popping out of first gear issue (which may be the main problem). I have found that if I put it in second and then into first ... it goes into first more smoothly. Also, if the car has any sort of momentum, I put it in second gear to go.
Mame,
The transmission is not the smoothest in the world but you do have a serious issue with it popping out of first gear. There have been several of us on this forum that had the problem. At first the dealer will try a fix, it usually doesn't last long. Most of the people had their entire transmission changed. You may have to do a little arm twisting, but in the end your dealer will get it fixed.
It is a hard problem to duplicate as you never know when it will happen. My dealer never once could duplicate the problem. They did the fix which lasted for 700 miles and ended up swapping out the transmission last week.
March down to the dealer, let him know that "you" know there have been a handful of cars with this problem. Stick by your guns... goodluck.