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Old 01-24-2009, 10:27 PM
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Ok, so when it's really cold out and I shift from 1st to 2nd and 2nd to 3rd, I always get this like resistance for a second and a clanking kind of feeling and it goes into gear. I've heard maybe it could be my syncros going? I asked the dealership here and they said its because the tranny fluid needs to warm up and then they should be fine. The problem seems to go away after a couple minutes of driving. If I pull it into neutral and kind of play inbetween neutral and 2nd it get caught inbetween and grinds....what would this be???? I feel like an *** having to call the dealership and take it in all the time and having them tell me they don't think anything is wrong with it....
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could just be like they said the transmission getting to operating temp - you say that its fine after a couple minutes of driving..
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I mean the car only has 28,000 miles on it. Would it really be that they are just cold though... it seems a little odd for it to clank the way it is because its cold. I dunno.... I just know that my factory warrenty is up in a month or so.
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no I can shift at any rpm, ive noticed it doesnt do it at certain rpms and if i give it a second before i put it into second from first it wont do it.
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Originally Posted by jhoyt12788
I mean the car only has 28,000 miles on it. Would it really be that they are just cold though... it seems a little odd for it to clank the way it is because its cold. I dunno.... I just know that my factory warrenty is up in a month or so.
how cold is cold.

btw, you might add where you are from in your user cp.. it helps.

and really, when the transmission and the car is cold. do not rush the shift..

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cold would be like 20 degrees. and again its only for the first couple minutes until its warmed up.....maybe i need more fluid or to change the fluid? the car has 28k on it.
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its cold enough in va.

first few minutes of driving is a bit clunky. thats how it goes.
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yeah i think that is somewhat normal when it gets codl I've had my tranny rebuilt and it has done it before and after when it's cold for the first couple shifts then it stops if u hold in the clutch a couple seconds it does not grind(at least for me)
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thanks guys, it really only seem to be those 2 gears that have any problem though. i would hate for anything to happen to my 8. I love this car. I drive it sometimes just to drive!
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