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Originally Posted by fang_gt86
My '13 was completely fine until 15k when I had Toyota flush out tranny/diff fluid. I got 65k now and 5th gear still grind but I just live with it.
This is what I do to minimize grinding:
* Precise and quick shift and no granny shift.
* No rev match shift. Yes, my 5th gear hates rev match.
* No down shift above 3k.
* E85 also minimize 5th gear grinding. Weird right? But it does helps..
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Hate to say it but no down shift above 3K is unacceptable. If you want to speed up when you're at 70mph and can't downshift, then you might as well drive a Prius...
Worst case scenario is I'll do the same as I did with my first BRZ, request a new transmission from Subaru. But the process is a pain in the ...