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Originally Posted by jdrxb9
I am over 1100 miles and I've had concern with my 1->2 gearchange for a while now. Especially for the very first 1->2 shift in the morning there is A LOT of resistence felt in the shifter and if forced through it will occasionally grind. Once the car is warmed up, even just a couple miles, it is much better. I don't have any problems with any other gears. I will be talking to the dealer about it soon.
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I have the same problem, shifting from 1st to 2nd from a cold car is occasionally difficult. I just take my time shifting and manage to get it to go without abnormal pressure. After the car warms up, the problem goes away. I will probably change the transmission fluid to one of these soon to see if it makes any difference:
http://www.amsoil.com/storefront/mtg.aspx
http://www.redlineoil.com/product.aspx?product=50304
Note that the manual specifies a 75W-90 gear oils with grade GL-3. From what I can find, GL-3 has been mostly superseded by the GL-4 specification. In any case, excellent synthetic GL-3 oil does not seem to be very available. My research also suggested that GL-5 gear oil would not be appropriate for this transmission.