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Originally Posted by mcrane
Not necessarily a clunk, I guess. But a bit of resistance when shifting into first and second. I feel it may have to do with the cold temps here. Either way, I think I am going to do a tranny fluid change in the Spring.
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my car just hit 16000 miles and has been the way you describe it since day one, particularly in the cold. its just how the transmission behaves. first gear should go in at a stand still no problem though. second gear is another story XD ive found that second gear will resist when cold when trying to shift at my normal shift rate around town (around 11 mph); interestingly, 2nd will go into gear without much problem at ~4 mph, doesn't fight you there.
its one of those things where you learn the car's quirks; as it warms up 2nd gear works like normal without fighting you. of course, if you're slowing down and don't want to start her up again in 2nd, but you're going too fast (6mph or above) my transmission does not like being put in 1st; in such a situation I'd launch from 2nd. usually if im going 3mph or less ill go back to first gear (i.e. stop and go traffic). 3rd gear has never given me any kind of resistance however.