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Originally Posted by Rui Z
Do you guys drive with the SynchroRevMatch on or off? Do you shift too slow and let the RPMs drop too much? I don't know. It's just weird that most don't have any issues, but the people that do seem to get it again later. Gears 1-4 have more robust synchros.
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Mine is a base model - no SRM. The grinding is not the same in the new transmission; the first one crunched when upshifting to 5, from a lower gear (3 or 4) - the new gearbox grinds - much less frequently - only when shifting down from 6 to 5. Both issues, however, seem to be related to 5th gear.
The grind happens at about 4,000 RPM I'd guess, less at slow RPMs - goes into gear much easier when "lollygagging."
I have to say honestly that I
do know how to shift a manual transmission - been doing that for over 40 years, in a dozen or so cars. This is the first time I've ever noticed behavior like that in a new vehicle.
--ZOM