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Old 06-02-2007, 11:09 PM
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Transmission issue (but what exactly is it?)

Hey guys, I need to tap into the knowledge here. I've been browsing all the transmissions threads I can find here, but none seem to have the same symptoms as me.

Alright, here's the diagnosis.

Car shifts hard, and by that I don't mean it goes into gear hard, the actual shift is pretty rough though (as in de-pressing clutch, pressing gas part). It's not that I don't know how to drive a stick, the car used to drive perfectly for me, but it's really rough lately and getting worse.

Shifter rattles really bad while idle'ing and it sounds like a blender underneath the car at around 800rpm. At 1000+pm while idle'ing it's fine, it's only once it hits 7-800 rpm idling that the rattle gets bad. Sounds like it's coming from the transmission for sure. Car also vibrates fairly bad at around 120kph.

Like I said, it goes into all 6 gears fine, it just shifts hard and rattles bad while idle'ing.

What are your guys thoughts?
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Consult the TSBs (motor mounts, clutch issue)
What year is your car?
Vibration at speed is usually caused by wheel imbalance. Get the wheels checked for damage then get a good balancing job done.
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It's a 2004.
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