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04-17-2002, 11:50 AM | #1 |
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Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Chicago Burbs
Vehicle:07 Rav4 Silver |
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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