hi guys, having real problems changing from 1st to second on my sept '04 manual - really have to use a bit of force to get in gear - other gears seem to be OK - anyone else had this problem?

cheers,
andy

 

Hi Andy,

I have a 2005 Ltd. Coupe 6-speed manual and have no problem with second gear at all.

Just getting it to go into first usually requires that I put it in another gear first, then into first gear itself.

Other than that - no shifting problems at all.

Frank

 

do a search ... there is a TSB for this and many of our members have had to bring their cars to the dealer to have the transmission taken apart or replaced all together for this problem...

 

That's why I said buy an automatic.
At the end of the day if you are having problems with anything on the car take it to a dealer and get it repaired under warranty.
I have had a couple of things done under warranty no problem.

Norrie.

 

I had both these problems - and this is the main reason I sought out this forum.

About three months after buying my 05 coupe I started having trouble getting into first, and I found the workaround where I would slip it into second, from where it would go into first easily.

I brought it to the dealer and he replaced something in the synchro and now it has trouble getting into second. The dealer's Crossfire specialist said that it is 'normal' for this fix to cause it to take some extra force to get it into second due to the stronger spring in the synchro. The only problem is that it takes so much force that I can't shift from first to second briskly at all - and with first being such a small gear, I want to get up to second pretty quickly. If it takes me an extra second just to move the lever to second, Neons are going to beat me off the line!

I would actually rather have the first problem again. At least going into second to shift into first meant that I was wasting time at a stop light, not while I was accelerating. This is unacceptable to me, but the dealer seems to feel that it is 'normal' and won't do any more.

 

What is a 'TSB' and how do I do a search for one?

 

~ here is all the info you are looking for:

https://www.crossfireforum.org/forum...&highlight=TSb