Transmission Problem

[Jamie James]

My FR-S has the same shifting problem... with 1,450 miles the notchy shifting is getting worse. When I went to the dealership... the first thing he said was..." we need to charge 95 dollars fro a diagnostics to see if the car has been abused".
Starting to wish I bought a Camero instead.

[mike the snake]

I took my BRZ to the dealership for notchy shifting into 2nd and 3rd gears.

The tech drove the car with me, and said he couldn't feel anything funny. Of course, as soon as I'm back behind the wheel, I felt the same thing I'd been complaining about, but they weren't going to do anything.

Changing the fluids to Motul here soon, hopefully that will help.

[Jamie James]

A sports car that cost 28 grand should not need any additional after market parts, or work. If the dealership mechanic acts like nothing is wrong during my Tuesday appt. I will file a complaint with the state.

[mike the snake]

Same dealership overfilled my engine by over an inch above the full dot on the dipstick. When I took it back, they told me they normally overfilled these engines and the high level was just fine and nothing to worry about.

I asked them to remove the extra oil anyways.

[Luis_GT]

I never had a problem with 2nd gear, but I did have once in a blue moon 5th gear scrunch... I replaced the oil with Motul 300 and it has made my transmission buttery smooth

[strat61caster]

I think the key word for this transmission (outside of magazine reviews) is "unrefined".

I don't think you'd be that much happier in a Camaro, they have similar if not worse build quality issues. But you wouldn't be the first or last to trade in your Toyobaru for a Chevy.

http://www.camaro5.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=70

[raytrix]

Motul 300 + rear shifter bushing = fix. Cold starts the gears are notchy but after 20-30 mins of driving it is smooth.

[frslee]

@frosty86 how's your car feeling?

[Jamie James]

Went to a second dealership... the service manager was great. We went for a test drive, then he kept my car over night in order to drive it with a cold transmission. He told me a number of FRS owners had notchy shifting issues. He did not think my car has a problem. At least I have a service record.:. Stating my shiftin issues. He said not to install an aftermarket transmission mount insert. Synthetic oil is my next step. Found a good "how to" on u tube... a guy named Gino, with a white FRS has a number of posts.

[Dipstik-sportech]

It's the synchro design. I have a trans apart on my bench and I've never seen a more needlessly complex but stupid design before. I'm not sure what aisin was thinking but this will become a more wide spread issue mark my words

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[radroach]

@Dipstik-sportech guess you're talking about the triple-cone syncro design. pics?

[Gords_zenith]

Bump for pics?

I recently just ran into a bit of an issue this morning. I was leaving work and came to a light so I put it in neutral and let the clutch out, but when the light went green, I pushed in the clutch and tried to select 1st but couldn't. It's like it was physically blocked and so I tried 2,3,4 and finally got 3rd to bite. Than was able to select 1st. I also have a clutch squeak when depressing the pedal near the end of its stroke. I have 46000km and a tranny fluid change at 10k. I'm thinking it's my throwout bearing or pilot bearing, thoughts?

[ichangeDoil]

Originally Posted by frosty86

I've been babying this 86 from the first day I got it and the 2nd gear no longer shifts smoothly no matter how slowly and delicately I do it. There's always a nudge when the gear locks in. It never used to do this but all sorts of funny stuff started happening after 400 miles for me (including pet crickets in my engine and rattling rear end).
It also occasionally makes funny slushy noises like I'm grinding glass slowly in a power blender. This happens often when I'm going downhill or uphill. Shift knob also feels tacky and stiff.
My dealer insists that it's all ECU and that everything is ECU related. I just can't wrap my head around regarding how a small chip would make it all go away at once.

What if the car just has a bad transmission and engine to begin with?
What are they gonna do, replace the whole car for us? (rhetorical question)

Anyway, my real question is, anyone else here experiencing noticeable increase in roughness in their transmission?

I am having the same problems with my FR-S they are pulling the transmission to what's is wrong most likely it's sinkrows this tranny is very week I work at the dealership as a tech we've had to replace two already both under
20k miles mines 21k

[Koa]

I don't mean to offend you but I hope you aren't the one doing the rebuilds ^

(many don't even know what a synchro does or where it's located on a car so I am just teasing you 'bout the spelling )