At what milage did you WRX owners start to have problems
somewhat different problem
My 5MT tranny works fine in 1st through 4th gears, but shifting into 5th makes a crunchy noise which I assume is a synchro problem. I have less than 4k miles, and have driven the car both fast and grandma style. Why would the 5th gear decide to break while the rest of the gears take the most abuse? I always offer up a prayer when I'm shifting into 5th now, hoping I wont hear a grind. and this prayer wroks about 50% of the time even with a gentle shift.
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Re: somewhat different problem
Originally posted by thebankman
My 5MT tranny works fine in 1st through 4th gears, but shifting into 5th makes a crunchy noise which I assume is a synchro problem. I have less than 4k miles, and have driven the car both fast and grandma style. Why would the 5th gear decide to break while the rest of the gears take the most abuse? I always offer up a prayer when I'm shifting into 5th now, hoping I wont hear a grind. and this prayer wroks about 50% of the time even with a gentle shift.
My 5MT tranny works fine in 1st through 4th gears, but shifting into 5th makes a crunchy noise which I assume is a synchro problem. I have less than 4k miles, and have driven the car both fast and grandma style. Why would the 5th gear decide to break while the rest of the gears take the most abuse? I always offer up a prayer when I'm shifting into 5th now, hoping I wont hear a grind. and this prayer wroks about 50% of the time even with a gentle shift.
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my reverse grinds like a mo fo. The damn gear never fails at making me look like a freak n jackass. I was woundering if anyone knows what the dealer will do as far as fixing it. I havent had time to take mine in yet. (6,500mile) 2003 wrx sedan
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From the day i got my car ~ hard to shift in Reverse ~ sometime when i try to make U turn on campus i just stock on the middle and try to shift into reverse like idiot ! and sometime it make crunchy noise white i shift into 1st gear and R !!! that sux... but i still like my car !
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Hey my 5th gear started the same bull. Grinds when shifting over 60mph, or if I acceleratte hard in 3rd to like 50-55mph the go to 5th. If I baby it won't though. Seems almost like if I don't push it all the way right it hits the gate ok and no grind. Can't decide if it's the syncro dying or a cracked shifter bushing allowing me to miss the gate. Either way I took it to the local dealer and they said that subaru told them don't fix it, just wait till it breaks all the way then do something. The service manager then informed me that if it showed signs of abuse when they acctually open it then they won't cover it. Here's a question for ya, if it's grinding in 5th, when it breaks how would it not look like I was being an idoit and forcing/abusing the tranny. Son't get me wrong I could baby it for the rest of it's life, but thats not wht I bought the car, especially with a waranty. A: It has a waranty Suabaru needs to come of it and fix their mistake. B: It's billed a performance Car, when I ask it to perform it should and not make and grinding noise when I do. Ok I'll get off my soap box now
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Relax, there's a clutch shudder TSB now, if you still have powertrain warranty left you can get a new one. Also, check your tranny oil, it should be a little yellow dipstick on the passenger side underneath the plenum box. If it's low you'll notice it harderto shift without close revmatching.
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Technical Service Bulletin. When a manufacturer finds a common problem, they write it up and distribute it as a kind of memo to all the dealers so they are all on the same page about it. If your dealer tries to tell you there isn't one, give them the TSB number. If they still bluff you, call the SOA number and report it.
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Approximately 12K on my '02 WRX and no problems whatsoever. From all the evidence I've read/heard/seen, the WRX tranny is basically fine. I would agree that there is probably less "safety factor" when combined with the 217 lbs-ft of torque than in other cars, so if it is subjected to extreme use, problems may arise. Everyone I know personally is problem free, but of course there would be exceptions.
Just an aside: Sometimes the scale of a "problem" can be over-estimated when one only reads about those with the problem. Most people don't make an effort to talk about things that are just OK. I used to work in a VW/Audi dealership. One day, one of the mechanics was going on about how terrible these Audis were, as he had been seeing a lot of pretty new ones for repairs. The reality was that this large dealership was selling boatloads and the mechanics only see the ones with problems (for repairs that is). You spend all day fixing nearly new Audis, you may get the feeling that Audis just are no good. In reality however, the vast majority were just fine.
I just added this because it seemed to me reading this thread that nearly everyone must be having serious tranny problems, but in reality it seems there are lots of folks doing just fine.
Just my perceptions, not necessarily any more accurate than anyone else's.
Thanks,
Allan
Just an aside: Sometimes the scale of a "problem" can be over-estimated when one only reads about those with the problem. Most people don't make an effort to talk about things that are just OK. I used to work in a VW/Audi dealership. One day, one of the mechanics was going on about how terrible these Audis were, as he had been seeing a lot of pretty new ones for repairs. The reality was that this large dealership was selling boatloads and the mechanics only see the ones with problems (for repairs that is). You spend all day fixing nearly new Audis, you may get the feeling that Audis just are no good. In reality however, the vast majority were just fine.
I just added this because it seemed to me reading this thread that nearly everyone must be having serious tranny problems, but in reality it seems there are lots of folks doing just fine.
Just my perceptions, not necessarily any more accurate than anyone else's.
Thanks,
Allan
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Originally posted by JunGdB
From the day i got my car ~ hard to shift in Reverse ~ sometime when i try to make U turn on campus i just stock on the middle and try to shift into reverse like idiot ! and sometime it make crunchy noise white i shift into 1st gear and R !!! that sux... but i still like my car !
From the day i got my car ~ hard to shift in Reverse ~ sometime when i try to make U turn on campus i just stock on the middle and try to shift into reverse like idiot ! and sometime it make crunchy noise white i shift into 1st gear and R !!! that sux... but i still like my car !
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