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Haven't read through this thread entirely, but I had this problem. When shifting down from 6th to 5th (usually above 58 MPH), it would grind and was difficult to shift from 6th to 5th. I forget when the symptoms started, but I figured I'd check it out during my last oil changed before hitting 60k miles. They looked at it and quickly determined it was a bad gear in the transmission. They ordered a new transmission and installed it. They didn't argue anything or give me any kind of run around, though they did try to get me to spend the money to go ahead and replace the clutch. I was kind of torn between dropping the $800 or so they quoted for that since they wouldn't charge the labor because they were already taking the transmission out, but I researched a little and decided to keep the current clutch and just hope that it lasts several thousand more miles before needing to be replaced.
They got the new transmission installed quickly and so far I haven't had the issue again. Running smooth and the clutch pedal feels way better. Just wanted to share my experience with it. I'm at about 54K miles on my 2013 BRZ. The only thing I've done to my car is wheels and exhaust. No other mods and have had my oil changed and services done at the dealership at the regular intervals. It did seem to be a speed related issue for me.
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