Shifter Want's To Shifit For Me...?
 

I think my shifter is haunted, :lol:. Anyways, when im about to shift into 2nd, and if i cluth/shift from "1st to 2nd" really fast, I feel her pop like she wants to go into 2nd, scared me because im suppose to put her into 2nd not my car. Than today, it happened. I shifted at 4k rpms in 1st into 2nd, and BAM... she popped into 2nd. Should I take her to mitsu? I know this should not be happening and it just started happening 2days ago. Now im worried, like I dont wanna shift her. I havent driven her since I got off a work today, early this afternoon. :mitsu:

Your car's turning into an automatic. :lol:

Yes, definitely get it checked out. Does it do the same thing on the 3-4 shift? How about when you're taking it really easy on the car? When you're really beating on it?

I think its the whole clutch/shift thing... its prolly normal cuz i have the same problem....it doesn't do it all the time though. If it is a problem let me know how things go with the dealership.

Nope, never 3rd to 4th or 4th to 5th or even downshifting. Only 1st to 2nd when i rev her up for spirted driving. If I shift around 3500rpm she doesnt pop into 2nd, its smooth and i put her in 2nd. This sucks, I have to work all tommorow and than im going out of town, so now im stuck with this probably intil next week :(

That's really strange. keep us posted.

- Jason

i also have the same problem...not all the time but it happens when i try to pull the stick and im barely pushing in the clutch

push the clutch all the way in

Excellent point.

Yeah - sounds like you're not pushing in the clutch all the way. It's got to be all the way down for the entire shift, and this sounds like you're pulling off the clutch again so quickly that you haven't finished moving into gear, especially since you said it's only when shifting quickly. Get a short shifter, learn to clutch properly, etc...
-N

i have had this happen to. i am pretty sure its only happens when you lazy-clutch

same thing happens to me....about once or twice a day...im gonna have them look at it during my first oil change.

Anyway, trust me its not the clutching, ive made a very conscious effort to make darn sure that the clutch stays glued to the floor throughout the entire shift and it still happens....

If i find out whats going on i will certainly post it.

I get it on mine. I think its just how our cars work. Its a known issue.

also seems to happen more when you dont tapper the accelerator off before trying to go to second. IE: when i drive like an a$$hole ;) When you have the rpm's a bit high, you can take the car out of gear without using the clutch at all. I think this is kind of whats happening, which would 'pop' it towards 2nd. Since the RPMs are alerady up, it takes rather smoothly.

As people are saying, it won't do this if you mash the clutch.

I get it too and its only form 1st to 2nd. I find its when I accelerate in fist and before I can get the clutch pressed the motor slows itself down for a split second, putting pressure onto first gear. Then once you press the clutch it snaps out at you cause you releive all the pressure on the gear. So I think the mistake is taht, instead of pressing the clutch at the "peak" of acceleration, I think I'm pressing as it decelrates for a split second causing this pressure.