John Corbitt

I am very gentle with my gear box. I have never had a problem with gearboxes and have put over 200000 miles on several of them. My 8 has 1800 miles and I went for 6th tonight and it did not go in. I shift soft, so I thought I missed the gate. I pulled again and it did not go in . Since I have seen this problem on this site, I am not going to try to force it in gear. I will let you know what mazda has to say and do. Other than the 6th gear problem, I have had no problems and have thouroughly enjoyed this car. It is great to be back in a rotary street car.

John

Ike

Bummer man, at least with 6th gear there's little chance the dealer will try to claim it's due to abuse.

John Corbitt

The dealer knows how I treat my cars. The GM bought my tradein for his wife. I do not think I will have a problem with abuse.

John

neit_jnf

It's happened before. It just needs adjustment

Baller

No it does not need adjustment!
My 6th. went out at 1000 miles and after tearing the thing apart 6 times (yes 6) they replaced almost the entire gear-box.
It took almost 3 weeks.
Good news is that the noise we hear when we let the clutch out in neutral (throw-out) is gone...now quiet as can be.
John if you need help my dealer now is expert at this problem.
This has happened several times.....weak link

The Baller

John Corbitt

Just took it by Mazda. When the service writer got in, He was able to go into 6th gear. He put it in without starting the engine. I don't know if that is why he was able to get it in or not. I left with it working. I am guesing it is a loose bolt. I will bring it back when it fails again.

John

ranger4277

This happened to me too this past week.. I tried going into 6th and it was like hitting a wall. Wouldn't go in. I just patiently kept gently trying to engage it and it finally took. It now goes in and out smoothly again....

Baller,

DId they give you a reason why yours failed?

Xyntax

This is weird, but I get that symptom on my 4th gear sometimes. But it is usually when I'm shifting 1,2,3,4 fast.

Baller

On mine 6th. gear siezed up and has on several others.
They (Mazda) were just replacing with a new transmission but now they are fixing them.....and I must say it works better than it ever did with no noise!
So if your dealer says that the throw-out bearing noise is normal he is being lazy, when they fixed my 6th. gear they fixed the other problems we all hear about.

The Baller

Overport

I havn't had any problems with it....but it is a little tricky to shift into Reverse sometimes....

swoope

iTrader: (5)

hey john,

whats the build date of your car????

beers

John Corbitt

I don't think they think it failed. the first time the service writer tried 6th gear, it worked for him. His first attempt was with theengine off. I did not try that. I suspect the lockout pins used to prevent you from going into more than one gear at the same time. My build date is Aug of 2003.

John

swoope

iTrader: (5)

the logic is strong, hope you are right.

thanks.

beers

RodsterinFL

hmm, when I let the clutch out all the way at idle I have a loud whirring noise. That would not be the throw out bearing but the transmission. Do others hear this?

Also, I believe that the only thing the service writer proved by shutting your car off to get it in gear was that the shifter works and it does not need adjustment. The problem then is that while the tranmission is turning/spinning, you are unable to engage 6th gear - seems more serious to me.

Rotarian_SC

I hear a whirring sound only when i downshift and the revs aren't close to even. I mean like I am slowing down, and it is very smooth, it doesn't make as much noise if i rev match. My 2nd gear has a problem. It only happens on the 1->2 shift. It is very notchy and hard to get in, especially at high rpms. When the car is off and i try the shift it goes in without a problem. None of my other shifts are like this.