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Old 04-17-2002, 11:50 AM   #1
Cjchaps
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Unhappy Dealer/SOA responses to WRX 1st gear grinding problem.

I know this topic has been beat to death, but I would like to know what responses everyone has got from their dealership or Subaru of America in concerns with the downshifting into 1st great grinding problems on the WRX.

I will start. I took my WRX in with 7000 miles on it late last year, and told the dealer the problem. Basically, the only way I can shift into first is if the car is at a standstill. I cannot downshift into first from 2nd gear going even 5mph. It also sometimes crunches/grinds when I cam completely stopped going into first gear. So I left it at the dealer, and they said it was normal, and there were no problems. I plan on following up on this sometime this year, but I have not had the time yet.

**For all of those people who are going to say:
-blip the throttle
-rev match
-double clutch
-any other way to get into first while moving
I didn't pay 24 grand for a car that I have to screw around trying to get into first gear with. I paid for a car with a fully synchronized transmission, so that when I am traveling at 5mph in order to go into 1st gear, I CAN! I didn't pay 24 grand for a car so that I could try to rev match and hope the transmission doesn't grind at every stop sign I come up to.
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