View Poll Results: How badly does your shifter rattle under normal to high-load operation?
As expected, as per many, many reviews prior to release.
81
63.78%
It's rattling quite a bit, but I'm not worried.
22
17.32%
PLEASE! Make it stop! This is embarrassing!
24
18.90%
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Shifter Rattle - YOU rate it.
10-01-2002, 09:31 PM
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Shifter Rattle - YOU rate it.
Closing in on 3K miles. The shifter not only rattles, it builds up enough vibration to saw through the dash should it come loose. 
What's YOUR experience.
Rate it.
What's YOUR experience. Rate it.
10-01-2002, 10:34 PM
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@ 1379 miles and I have serious rattling when it goes above 4000RPM.... I just keep my hand off the thing till I have to shift. Also, there's TOO much shifter feel. I wish they would just numb it up a bit and remove the rattling..
10-01-2002, 11:37 PM
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You can feel the shifter vibrate if you hold it (as you should if it's a good solid connection), but you shouldn't hear it at all. If you hear a rattle/vibration/ringing noise, perhaps it's not the shifter at all but the mirror in the passenger sun visor. Open the lid and see if it goes away. I can't see how the shifter would make a sound.
10-02-2002, 02:04 AM
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There is no choice for me on the shifter rattle. I have no rattle @ 760 miles so far. Frankly, the only thing that drives me nuts is the damned tire pressure monitor-it is almost impossible for me to get an equal # of psi and then the thing fluctuates too readily- as much as 3# at times. Sorry, I got off track a little.
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10-02-2002, 05:43 AM
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Re: Hmmmm
Originally posted by crawdaddy
Jeeze is this another attempt for some points if so then I vote the system be done away with for the good of the board.
Jeeze is this another attempt for some points if so then I vote the system be done away with for the good of the board.
I don't hold on to the goddamned shifter when driving, so a vibration wouldn't bother me. It's a noise, people. A RATTLE.
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10-02-2002, 07:00 AM
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Re: Re: Hmmmm
Originally posted by droidekaus
I've got a RATTLE in the shifter and want to see if anyone else does. Not merely a vibration, but a LOUD, OBNOXIOUS rattle that eminates from the shifter/shift gate/boot when the thing starts to vibrate.
I don't hold on to the goddamned shifter when driving, so a vibration wouldn't bother me. It's a noise, people. A RATTLE.
I've got a RATTLE in the shifter and want to see if anyone else does. Not merely a vibration, but a LOUD, OBNOXIOUS rattle that eminates from the shifter/shift gate/boot when the thing starts to vibrate.
I don't hold on to the goddamned shifter when driving, so a vibration wouldn't bother me. It's a noise, people. A RATTLE.
Boomer
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10-02-2002, 07:28 AM
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Re: Re: Re: Hmmmm
Originally posted by Boomer
Take it to your dealer, a vibration is just a vibration, but a rattle deserves attention from your Z store. Make them fill out a work order so you have proof you brought the car in for an adjustment, even if they try blow you off by saying, they all do that(vibration). A rattle could be a linkage loosening up, a faulty gearbox, etc.
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Take it to your dealer, a vibration is just a vibration, but a rattle deserves attention from your Z store. Make them fill out a work order so you have proof you brought the car in for an adjustment, even if they try blow you off by saying, they all do that(vibration). A rattle could be a linkage loosening up, a faulty gearbox, etc.
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10-02-2002, 07:46 AM
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No rattle at all @ 1200 miles. Of course, there is some small vibrations at different speeds and gears, but I have never heard an audible rattle.
I expect some vibration due to the "connectedness" of the shifter. Audible rattle is not good and should be fixed, but I have yet to hear anything.
Ryan
I expect some vibration due to the "connectedness" of the shifter. Audible rattle is not good and should be fixed, but I have yet to hear anything.
Ryan
10-02-2002, 09:39 AM
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Shifter got vibe, no rattle. After 15 years of cable shifter (mid-engine, rear transaxle), the Z shifter is a real treat, direct, positive and connected. A bit of vibe never hurt anybody.
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10-02-2002, 10:57 AM
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OK, just so I'm clear... No one else "hears" the shifter vibrating? In all gears at 5K and above, my shifter is vigorously shaking and making a fairly LOUD rattling sound. A sound that your passenger can clearly hear and says, "WTF IS THAT?!?"
10-02-2002, 10:59 AM
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My Z should be in next week. I'm one of these OCD people that can be driven crazy by excessive vibration or rattle. If anyone comes up with fixes to these things, please post them so that I can learn and fix my own, if it rattles or vibrates excessively.