Transmission failure
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Transmission failure
1500 miles on my car and i was shifting from 1st to second and i heard a bad grinding noise, pulled over, it kept doing it....had it towed to my dealer, they told me the trans neaded to be replaced, and my warrenty covered it...they also said it was my fault and they were ttaking pics of my tires and transmission for future reference.
i just got the car back today, i wasnt charged anything, but i did have to drive a mercury sable for 3 days (yuck) everything is great, car shifts nice, like its supposed to...
has anyone else had this happen?
i just got the car back today, i wasnt charged anything, but i did have to drive a mercury sable for 3 days (yuck) everything is great, car shifts nice, like its supposed to...
has anyone else had this happen?
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My 3rd and 4th synchros were fried because there were bad shift forks. it took 3 days for the repair and it's fine. they replaced all my shift forks and 3rd and 4th synchros
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Now, my car was never driven by a salesman...I know because I followed every step from the time it was delivered to the dealer.
That said, I have been noticing increasing noise from the synchros and even stopped by the dealer to drive a car off the lot for comparison.
It was hard to tell at first since the rotary has a whining sound anyway...but today, with the radio off and the windows up I simply coasted with the clutch in while in 1st gear...noticing plenty of whine from the gearbox. If I remove the car from gear and coast...it is smooth and completely quiet. Back in gear and very noisy in both 1st and 2nd.
I'm wondering if this is an early warning of eminent (and soon to be experienced) destruction?
Note: I only have 1400 miles at this time.
That said, I have been noticing increasing noise from the synchros and even stopped by the dealer to drive a car off the lot for comparison.
It was hard to tell at first since the rotary has a whining sound anyway...but today, with the radio off and the windows up I simply coasted with the clutch in while in 1st gear...noticing plenty of whine from the gearbox. If I remove the car from gear and coast...it is smooth and completely quiet. Back in gear and very noisy in both 1st and 2nd.
I'm wondering if this is an early warning of eminent (and soon to be experienced) destruction?
Note: I only have 1400 miles at this time.
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Originally posted by 6mm
Now, my car was never driven by a salesman...I know because I followed every step from the time it was delivered to the dealer.
That said, I have been noticing increasing noise from the synchros and even stopped by the dealer to drive a car off the lot for comparison.
It was hard to tell at first since the rotary has a whining sound anyway...but today, with the radio off and the windows up I simply coasted with the clutch in while in 1st gear...noticing plenty of whine from the gearbox. If I remove the car from gear and coast...it is smooth and completely quiet. Back in gear and very noisy in both 1st and 2nd.
I'm wondering if this is an early warning of eminent (and soon to be experienced) destruction?
Note: I only have 1400 miles at this time.
Now, my car was never driven by a salesman...I know because I followed every step from the time it was delivered to the dealer.
That said, I have been noticing increasing noise from the synchros and even stopped by the dealer to drive a car off the lot for comparison.
It was hard to tell at first since the rotary has a whining sound anyway...but today, with the radio off and the windows up I simply coasted with the clutch in while in 1st gear...noticing plenty of whine from the gearbox. If I remove the car from gear and coast...it is smooth and completely quiet. Back in gear and very noisy in both 1st and 2nd.
I'm wondering if this is an early warning of eminent (and soon to be experienced) destruction?
Note: I only have 1400 miles at this time.
mine was doing the same thing yours is, then without warning, it went out.
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Originally posted by 6mm
Well then, I should drive the **** out of it until it does die.
Well then, I should drive the **** out of it until it does die.
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...they also said it was my fault and they were ttaking pics of my tires and transmission for future reference.
...they also said it was my fault and they were ttaking pics of my tires and transmission for future reference.
If they had accused me of that I would have printed up all of the transmission failure threads on the forum and taken them to them. Then I would ask that tech if he would like to publicly accuse me of that in front of a judge while I am handing over the printed threads. I'd use the same tactic the next time the car needed work too. Ask him to definitively without a shadow of a doubt prove that it was your fault based on those pictures. I bet he can't. Typical service center laziness.
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Originally posted by Krayzie8
JasonHamilton, are those painted calipers or differant ones?
how much did you pay for your strakes?
JasonHamilton, are those painted calipers or differant ones?
how much did you pay for your strakes?
I bought the strakes from truss or rosen (I forget which), they were $200.
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