Hi,
I have an 04 RSX-S (bought in Mar 04) and I want to know if I'm messing up my transmission in any sort of way. When the temperature is cold I have trouble shifting from 2nd to 3rd... for some reason the car likes to stay BETWEEN neutral and 3rd causing a grinding/ slipping noise, then when I press the clutch in again and push to 3rd it goes in.

Am I supposed to put a lot of force in the shift when the car is cold, or is something wrong with the gearbox/transmission already? It's easy to shift when its hot outside.

Any insight would be appreciated, thanks.

-Vouth

 

seems to be the problem with rsx's. warm up your car a little more. press in your clutch all the way before shifting...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Vouthanack &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Hi,
I have an 04 RSX-S (bought in Mar 04) and I want to know if I'm messing up my transmission in any sort of way. When the temperature is cold I have trouble shifting from 2nd to 3rd... for some reason the car likes to stay BETWEEN neutral and 3rd causing a grinding/ slipping noise, then when I press the clutch in again and push to 3rd it goes in.

Am I supposed to put a lot of force in the shift when the car is cold, or is something wrong with the gearbox/transmission already? It's easy to shift when its hot outside.

Any insight would be appreciated, thanks.

-Vouth</TD></TR></TABLE>

if you search for 2nd gear im sure lots n lots of rsx topics will pop up for you

 

Have fun... take it to the dealer and get the synchro's replaced under warranty. I am sure there is a TSB somewhere here or in Club RSX.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Vouthanack &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Hi,
I have an 04 RSX-S (bought in Mar 04) and I want to know if I'm messing up my transmission in any sort of way. When the temperature is cold I have trouble shifting from 2nd to 3rd... for some reason the car likes to stay BETWEEN neutral and 3rd causing a grinding/ slipping noise, then when I press the clutch in again and push to 3rd it goes in.

Am I supposed to put a lot of force in the shift when the car is cold, or is something wrong with the gearbox/transmission already? It's easy to shift when its hot outside.

Any insight would be appreciated, thanks.

-Vouth</TD></TR></TABLE>
Make sure you are pressing it in all the way

 

Yeah, your clutch may not be down all the way. Just shift slow until you really get the hang of it.

 

Hey thanks for the info peeps. I hope we'll be sittin on a hover rsx one day!