I have recorded 6 times in my usual city stop-go driving, that when I'm idle at the stoplight (in neutral) and then green light go, I for some strange reason can not get the dang thing in 1st gear. I mean it will absolutely refuse to go!!!! I can shift it in 2nd and then back into 1st and then finally I can get into gear. I think there has to be some sort of safety from accidently down shifting into 1st at high engine speeds that has gone out of wack.
Irregardless I'm taking it to the dealer when I get some time off.

****! Forgot to say what kind of Civic; '06 LX sedan.
And yes I know how to drive a manual transmission. Hee-Hee Ho-Ho!

 

I get that occasionally on my 06 Si.
WHen i'm at a light i usually just pop around the gears.. all of them

no specific order but seems to minimize 2nd gear grinding AND keep it from locking out 1st

 

hmm... never gotten that one before...

 

when at the stoplight jiggle the stick from left to right in the neutral postion for a bit then shift it into first.. if it wont go in drop it in 2nd then 1st. thats what i usually do

 

i dont have problems with first gear, but i have problems getting it into 3rd quite a few times over the last few days.

 

i`v gotten that...i just give it a little gas then let it go and it`ll slip right in

 

yea i sometimes get this...the first time it happend I was like you have to be sh*$ing me, but it worked in....

 

yup same thing is happing to me. Check the pedal free play (amount of travel until you feel force) alot of free play wont let the clutch disengage and cause hard shifts. is 3rd a little rough. On my car i have to get a new Slave cylinder the piston in there get stuck and because of the piston doesnt release.
*If you put your car in Reverus does it Grind*??!!

 

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Ditto...

 

As far as getting into first, totally normal dont worry about it. Reverse will do the same thing from time to time. Just put the car into, third and back out and things will line up right. my toyota did the same thing from the first month I had it.

 

I had trouble with 3rd gear this morning a little chilly out and she did a nice grind

 

same here i got the grind on 3rd and a nice... yo u suck at stick from a friend that doesnt know sh*t lol

 

Never get it in first, just some problems with 3rd

 

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dangg lol

 

ive never had problems with 3rd or 1st...but ill admit when i first bought it i couldnt get it in to 5th or 6th gear to save my life

 

I just want to confirm that I too have problems shifting into third. It feels like i'm there and then I hit the gas and it slips out and makes a nasty grinding noise.


Modified by Beefkake at 6:28 PM 9/7/2006

 

i used to have the same problem with first gear... but now ever since i started puttin it into different gears at red lights..... it hasnt happened anymore.
*knocks on wood*

 

yeh it's weird same happened to me when shifting to 3rd gear...
imma take it to the dealership to know whats up

 

Thanks for the input...Probably just a new bodystyle/powertrain bug. They will most likely take care of that problem for the '07's...Lets hope

 

I've got almost 5k miles on my si now and I still get the 3rd gear thing sometimes. Some people had said that the comptech short shifter fixes the problem. Anyone confirm that?

 

I took my car to the shop yesterday and told them about the issues with third gear and what not, and the other issues I was having. Anyway, they ended up ordering a spring for the transmission, so hopefully this fixes the issue with the transmission and I can shift into all the gears smoothly. Waiting for them to call me back and let me know when to bring my car back in.

 

You should look into getting the Comptech Short Shifter too. It helps. Mine goes in gear even easier now. Plus, it will reduce the throw.

 

I was looking into the short shifter, but I wasn't sure if it would cause more problems with shifting (g/f is having a hard enough time shifting already...).

What's funny is that the Civic Si that I test drove (not the one I bought) had a hard time shifting into 3rd (in other words, it ground into 3rd with the clutch fully depressed). It seems that's a pretty common problem, but thankfully mine isn't displaying that problem.

 

i am looking into getting the short shifter, trying to find it for really cheap.

 

showstopperusa.com is the cheapest at $69 shipped.