barryg

The entire transmission replacement seems to be the only "permanent" fix. Mine does it but I just go to neutral before 3rd or 2nd to 4th when the car is cold (which isn't very...here in San Diego) and by then the next time I do a 2nd-3rd shift I get no grind. I'll eventually take it in.

navyboy12807

replacing the trans is going to do nothing to fix the problem! I am on my second trans. my dealer decided to put a new trans in that came right off the production line. they put the new one in and it does the exact same thing it was fine for the summer and most of the fall and it started back up about a month ago! what my service manger said is that there isn't alot of people reporting the problem so ford thinks its fixed! so go into ur dealership and talk to the service advisors and tell them it still does the grinding!

danbevsv6rumbler

So my buddy in his s2000 has a similar problem with tranny grinding when attempting to shift anywhere after 8K rpm (our motors would be toast by then lol).

Anyway, some guys on another forum I regularly use recommended redline oil for his tranny.

http://www.redlineoil.com/products_g...bCategoryID=16

anyone ever run it or has anyone ever heard of it?

it's relatively cheap and supposedly helps bunches

boomer123

Its just because the car is cold......

danzcool

I think everyone agrees to that, but that's not an excuse. I've had manual transmission cars before, and I've had gears grind occasionally, but that was due to operator error, this is not, it is "materials and workmanship" or "poor engineering". This is annoying as hell because to someone on the street it looks like those of us with this problem don't know how to drive a stick.

TheAnswerMVP2001

I'm having the same issue with my 08 Bullitt. Only owned it for 2 months and only drive it about 20 miles a day, this is really disappointing to find this out when the car is still brand new. I tried a similar approach to jahudso2 which was slam it into 3rd, he seems to be the only one who hasn't had the problem reoccur since. I'll see if that ends up working.

barryg

Haven't heard of that approach but let us know. I usually to 2nd to 4th or 2nd to neutral to 3rd the first few shifts and then I get no grind. But I definitely will if I try 2nd-3rd after it's been sitting all night.

07musclemustang

yup add me to the list plus i get vibrations from 3rd and 4th and also a bussing vibration at 1100rpm

N8SGT

I'm a little late to this thread. I got my 08 'vert this past summer. 'vert's don't always sell well up here in Alaska. Needless to say, we have cold mornings even in my garage. I'm having the same problem. It started at 1800 mi. Could you guys post the progress on your grind issues. My dealer said if I just live with it, it'll likely go away. They changed my fluid to synthetic. I want to install my Steeda Tri-ax in the spring (when I start driving it again) but I don't want them to blame the shifter.

jahudso2

My method didnt work. It came back this fall. And i tried changing the fluid and it still wont go away...