My ITR has been having some problems shifting into reverse the past week. It's hard to get in or hard to get out sometimes. 5th is a problem sometimes but rarely. Well, I have 21700 miles. I took it in for warannty work. Because I have a CAI, Exhaust, Headers... they told me that it might be a problem. I proceeded to ask why. They told me because not that the parts were directly a problem but it indicated a style of driving. If they open up the tranny and see a burnt syncho or something then they immediately assume I've been hard and charge me for it. I was a little flustered at this. Can someone lend me some advice? I would not consider myself a hard driver, certainly not out of the league of what a Type-R is designed for. If this was like 1st-5th I would see where they're coming from but man I don't friggin race in reverse! Thanks!


[Modified by HokieITR, 11:36 PM 2/18/2002]

 

There is no syncro for reverse. Maybe its your clutch?? Also, reverse is hard to get into on most hondas. Just let it roll a few inches and try again, usually slides right in.

 

The dealer is being an a hole. If you can go find another one _after_ you take off those mods. That makes it easier to get 'em to work on our cars. If you came down to ATL, TJ could probably hook you up w/ warranty w/o removing the mods.

 

Ya I know it's tough. This past week it got a LOT tougher. But, I mean I can still get into it. Sometimes putting it in Neutral from reverse tough. You wouldn't think.

Oh ya... they also told me because I never came in for Acura service that it looked poor as well.


[Modified by HokieITR, 11:44 PM 2/18/2002]

 

Try a different dealer.
I had similar problems where the dealer told me that my steering column squeaked when I turned because my car was lowered and it was because it needed to be lubed. I went to another dealer and they did not give me hassles for anything, unless they can't figure out what is wrong.