Difficulty shifting into 2nd gear
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Joined: Mar 2014
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Difficulty shifting into 2nd gear
My 2010 ZR1 has had difficulty going into 2nd gear since I bought it.
It shifts fine if I am accelerating or shifting aggressively, but if I am accelerating slowly or shift slowly or deliberately, it grinds going into
2nd gear and won't go. I have to go to third or try again.
2 dealers have checked it out and say they can't reproduce the problem so there must not be a problem. I don't realy have time to go drive it with them.
Any ideas?
It shifts fine if I am accelerating or shifting aggressively, but if I am accelerating slowly or shift slowly or deliberately, it grinds going into
2nd gear and won't go. I have to go to third or try again.
2 dealers have checked it out and say they can't reproduce the problem so there must not be a problem. I don't realy have time to go drive it with them.
Any ideas?
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Joined: May 2014
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From: Long Island New York
I have a similar issue. No grinding but every now and then it won't fully engage second gear. It feels like I'm hitting some sort of rubber barrier and it pops back into neutral. I had a similar issue on my 2012 5.0 and changed out the shifter bracket and that cured the issue. I actually got my MGW shifter in the mail yesterday, so if I have time to install that one day this week I'll let you know if that fixes my problem. I'm hoping it's just the shifter
