Anyone experiencing 2nd gear problem?

[seominjung]

I bought 14 BRZ (Canadian ver.) a week ago and has only 400km on it.

I know that gear should be move smoothly to one and the other. But when I push down from 1st to 2nd gear, I feel there is something stuck...

Does anyone has same issue as me?

[kakarot1657]

Originally Posted by seominjung

I bought 14 BRZ (Canadian ver.) a week ago and has only 400km on it.

I know that gear should be move smoothly to one and the other. But when I push down from 1st to 2nd gear, I feel there is something stuck...

Does anyone has same issue as me?

yea it happens to me a couple of time on my 13 one but I think it's because I don't have the cluch in all the way pushed in or the RPM are to high and some safety thing prevents it from shifting in that gear.

[Turbowned]

Supposedly "they all do it". Still scares the willies out of me. 3rd gear does it on occasion, too. I've never owned a manual car before that had such a cantankerous gearbox, and most if not all had over 120,000 miles on them. The only exception was my RX-7 Turbo II with 200k on it; that had a sensitive 5th gear synchro.

[seominjung]

Originally Posted by kakarot1657

yea it happens to me a couple of time on my 13 one but I think it's because I don't have the cluch in all the way pushed in or the RPM are to high and some safety thing prevents it from shifting in that gear.

Well, I tried to push the clutch all the way and it didn't work.
Also, I usually shift the gear high 2 to low 3....

Should I contact the dealer about this?

[whaap]

When I take my morning drive and I have backed out of my garage into the street and start up there will be a little hesitation going into second gear. After that it is fine. I've heard that changing out the transmission fluid can help but I don't feel the one time is worth the bother. I just shift it slowly the first time and the rest of the drive it's good.

[Ganthrithor]

Originally Posted by seominjung

I bought 14 BRZ (Canadian ver.) a week ago and has only 400km on it.

I know that gear should be move smoothly to one and the other. But when I push down from 1st to 2nd gear, I feel there is something stuck...

Does anyone has same issue as me?

First to second involves a big RPM gap, so I imagine that the gear shafts or whatever undergo similarly big transitions. Are you trying to shift very quickly? If so you might need to put more effort into the shift to get the synchros to do their thing rapidly. If you haven't already, I would try shifting slower. Try putting the clutch in > stick into neutral > gently hold the stick against the second gear gate and wait for engine RPMs to drop anyway. You may find that by the time engine RPMs drop down to where they should be for second that the stick will slot right into second with very little effort.

[Rayme]

This transmission loves firmer shifts in 2nd and 3rd, don't be lazy and try to "feel" if it's going in gear correctly, one swift motion. It should get into 2nd gear firmly with a very audible clunk, it's how it works.

[Pneub]

I had crunching going from 1st-2nd and 2nd-3rd. I changed my transmission fluid to a thinner Redline fluid and it helped but not enough. I changed it again to Motul and it helped a lot. Not completely gone but enough where I hardly notice it.

[roddy]

1st to 2nd on this car can be crunchy, but will improve as the car warms up. As others have said, it can be like this on the 2-3 shift occasionally as well. Do you plan on driving the car through winter? It gets worse as the outside temperature gets lower. If it is anything like my car, a different fluid will help.

[tobin]

When shifting from 1st to 2nd, and 2nd to 3rd, if you bring the RPMs up above 3000, the shift is much smoother.

[jkonquer]

This happens to lot of cars. There are few factors that can cause this. But mostly, cold weather and possibly the synchro.
During the cold weather, the tranny oil takes longer to heat up which makes it harder to change gears. And sometimes your synchro is not matching up with your rpm which can also cause it and you can "temporary" fix the problem with different tranny oil and synchro mesher. This is a mechanical problem, so you really cant fix it unless you change the synchro rings

[infinite012]

Search.

Change fluid.

[Hanni_0176]

I just changed my transmission fluid last week (after 1300 miles), and let me tell you... there is a world of difference. It almost feels like I installed a short throw shifter with automatic gear finding. I slide the gears up to the next one, and it just slides right to where it's supposed to go with a nice "click" sound. Very smooth and very quick.

I didn't get to change the differential fluid yet, but I ordered some Motul Gear 300 yesterday and it should arrive before the weekend.

[Turbowned]

Should we be concerned about potential issues coming after our powertrain warranty? I dunno, having that on a brand new car is a little off-putting. I don't wanna make a stink about something normal but I also don't wanna be replacing a transmission after 60k.