I'll be honest, I don't know much about how a car works...I just love to drive them.
With that being said, I needed some help to identify if I have a problem with my gearbox, or if I'm just paranoid.
Let me say that I sell Subarus and I have driven many new BRZ's with 5-6 miles on the odometer and none of them have ever had this issue I'm having.
Here is my vehicle info and its problem:
Model Year: 2016
Model: BRZ
Production: August 2015
Mileage when new: 5 miles
Current mileage: 28 miles
Delivery Date: 9-29-2015
Main problem of concern:
The shifter often gets stuck in between left neutral position and center neutral position after getting out of 1st or 2nd when the car is off. Enclosed is a picture for reference, where the red "X" marks the spot where the shifter gets stuck before returning to default neutral position.
When moving the shifter left in right, I can feel a notch right where the red "X" is as well, but only if I'm coming out of 1st or 2nd. This is still when the car is off.
I tested this out on another BRZ in my inventory...a 2015 with 45 miles on it and it didn't have this noticeable notch/issue where it was getting stuck. Today, we got a 2nd 2016 BRZ with 5 miles on it and it didn't have this notch or problem either. This is all with the car turned off.
Other issues that may be related/I'm concerned about
:
I can feel the gears/synchros clash when shifting into 2nd and 3rd while driving. It also has the metal crunch when going into 3rd.
What does this mean and what part of the transmission would this even be related to?
The reason I'm a little paranoid is essentially that the other new BRZ's aren't exhibiting this issue. So I can't fully feel comfortable saying that I'll break it in more to see if it goes away.
Thanks in advanced!
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