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elmz · 11-12-2009, 11:13 AM

Has anyone else experienced 2nd gear grinds during hard accelerations? I just hit 1200 miles yesterday so I decided to do some hard accelerations. And on both occasions it grinded when engaging into 2nd gear. Mind you I've driven manuals all my life and the clutch was fully depressed, I made sure of it on my 2nd attempt. And the car was not cold, I had driven over 20 miles when I did this. The only thing I can think of is I had the S mode on at the time, which I don't think should cause this but I have not tried the latter. I will try this again with S mode off and see what happens. I also previously owned a 2005 350Z and this was often discussed in forums. Luckily my 350 was ok. I was under the impression that the 370 had a different tranny. I know some of you might say to give it a few more miles which is sound advice, but it shouldn't do this. Either way I will wait until 2k and if it still grinds I'm taking it to the dealer.

11-12-2009, 11:13 AM	#1 (permalink)
elmz Track Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 674 Drives: 2014 Porsche Boxster Rep Power: 17	2nd gear grind =/ Has anyone else experienced 2nd gear grinds during hard accelerations? I just hit 1200 miles yesterday so I decided to do some hard accelerations. And on both occasions it grinded when engaging into 2nd gear. Mind you I've driven manuals all my life and the clutch was fully depressed, I made sure of it on my 2nd attempt. And the car was not cold, I had driven over 20 miles when I did this. The only thing I can think of is I had the S mode on at the time, which I don't think should cause this but I have not tried the latter. I will try this again with S mode off and see what happens. I also previously owned a 2005 350Z and this was often discussed in forums. Luckily my 350 was ok. I was under the impression that the 370 had a different tranny. I know some of you might say to give it a few more miles which is sound advice, but it shouldn't do this. Either way I will wait until 2k and if it still grinds I'm taking it to the dealer.