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Originally Posted by Rui Z
For those that have to keep replacing transmissions, any chance that maybe it's your driving habit and not the transmission that's at fault? Do you drive hard all the time? Maybe bad habits that you are unaware of? Just things that exacerbates a weak synchro transmission.
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No way. Mine ground the very first time I shifted quickly - 99% of the time it's a daily driver - Houston traffic. I can't imaging that's abuse; I could shift my old Toyota Tercel faster than I did this car.
My new transmission has about 10,000 miles on it, and I've never had occasion to shift quickly since replacing - BUT, it's now starting to grind again, but this time ONLY when I downshift from 6 to 5. I depress clutch fully, and shift normally - little grind.
The original problem (upshift from 3 to 5) works fine now. Strange.
--ZOM