Today the change from 2nd to 3rd seems to crunch, and slightly reluctant to actually go in.
It seems like it maybe needs a certain amount of revs or something!? its just s bit intermittantas to when it crunches and when it doesnt!?
Is this a common problem?
Its a 06 plate on 10k miles
Justin, welcome to the club, the 2nd to 3rd crunch club that is. You may find the link below of interest;
http://forums.seloc.org/viewthread.php?tid=153765
Harvey.
thanks for the link! looks like im not the only one then!
Justin,
A while back I had a worsening problem with 2nd-3rd upchanges, with it feeling rougher and rougher over a period of a few months over the winter period. Then it started jumping out of 2nd on the overrun at high revs, to the point where the car was unusable on track. I was bracing myself for the worst and making enquiries about gearbox options, but before making any expensive commitments I asked Sinclaires to check out the linkage… Et voila, it turned out that the quickshift assembly had seized up – one cheap part and a short bit of labour later and the problem was solved. Worth checking out.
HTH
-= mike =-
Glad I read this, I picked my S2 on Saturday it’s only covered 2,000 miles & it’s the slowest 2nd to 3rd change I’ve ever experienced.
Hope I can get it sorted as it ruins the car which otherwise feels great.
TADTS…
Mine does it until the car has warmed up…I find that if I go from 2nd to neutral then straight up into 3rd it doesn’t do it (ie pause/do it slowly).
My driving instructor at work used to say that everyone rushes the gear change and the cars aren’t designed for it!
PS…I’m no expert!