Those of you who have it will know what im talking about. I know I have it. I'll be drivin in the morning and everytime I go into 5th gear it has a short grind, but if I shift slow theres no grind. I thought hmmmm......maybe it just needs to warm up, well as it warms up it goes away whether I shift faster or slow................................for the most part. But them all of a sudden when it feels like it poof it will have a short grind in 5th gear if I shift quickly and the next time it wont. I know there are others who have this problem.......im just wondering how many others

 

hahaha, I know exactly what your talking about. I have the same exact thing. I dont think you could have described it any better.

I was supposed to take it in for that like 3 weeks ago.

I think they just replace the synchro,

or maybe the whole transmission (hopefully)

 

Mine does it :/ I usualy hesitate to go in 5th because I can feel whats about to happen, but I cant afford any new trans so ... yeah I'll have to live with it for now lol , oh well

 

i had it for a while, they cracked open my tranny and found metal shaving all over, and that my 5th n 6th gear synchros where ****ed. i got an all new tranny

 

well mine was fine until the dealership put in the wrong trans oil, then 2nd and 5th started goin. after a huge fight with the dealership they replaced my tranny

 

Third for me. I need to get mine fixed

Chris

 

I have the same problem. I am going to take it to the dealer pretty soon to get it fixed. I did notice that if I double clutch it, it doesnt grind.

 

mine doesn't grind.. but if you run to WOT in 5th it will pop out of gear when you get off the gas

 

Pretty obvious.... dead synchro

 

yeap. its the synchros. obviously, if you shift slow enough, itll engange no problems, but can eventually cause further problems. but shifting relatively fast, forces it to engage, hence the grinds. thats the teeth getting chewed up. i found this out after me and my friend (a transmission specialist) dissected mine.

 

on mine its 4th!

 

Glad im not the only one......I just skip 5th and go straight to 6th

 

^^ I have the identical problem (just as you described it). Dealer has new tranny on order.

--Spike

 

My car does this on more so at 3rd than 5th.

Glad this tranny held up! A whopping 4K miles on it! lol

 

I had this problem as well, recieved a new tranny from my dealer under warranty.

 

ditto

 

Wow you guys got new trans for this? This whole time I've just been living with it.
I usually have to haidukin from 4th to 5th.
Calling the dealership right now to see if I still have my warrenty!

 

did u purchase the car used or new? the previous owner probably didnt know what he/she was doing.

 

I think it may have something to do with the driver. I have had my tranny done twice already, hopefully this is the last. I had the same issue on my mustang, 5th gear But the grind would happen after the car was warmed up and driven for some time, and it was a v6 I think this is the result of skipping gears. I would giver in 1st, 2nd and 3rd, then just skip to 5th. I no longer skip gears when shifting.

 

I think there was an actual fault with the tranny design thus why there are several revisions that have been made. I still blame the tranny itself more than driving habits.

It is a known problem with the Z (especially the 03, don't know about the later years) and that's why many of us on the boards have been able to get a new tranny replacement.