I have a relatively low mile Mazda2, I bought it with very low Miles when it was 6 months old (6K Miles). Currently has only 28K. Was driving it to a cabin in the sticks last weekend, so there were a lot of gear changes due to all the hills and twisty roads. I was having fun with it, but not in an abusive way. The driveway was steep so after going into it, I decided to reverse out of it while everything was still warm to avoid having to climb it in reverse when everything was cold as I left. I Parked the car and had my fun weekend on the lake. When I went to go drive the car home, 2nd gear was gone, well any ability to shift into it while moving was. I could start in second gear, and shift out of it, but I can not shift into it without forcing it in with a really nasty grind. All other gears go in like normal.
I got it home avoiding using 2nd, which isn't difficult just annoying on a slow car. I bled the clutch and it made no difference. Drained the gear oil and there was a good amount of metallic particles in it, the gear oil only had 15K on it, because I changed it hoping to improve shift quality. Gonna put some new fluid in there and send 'er in for warranty, but what the [censored] happened here?
I Should note that I have never been quite satisfied with the shifting of this transmission. Inconsistent is the best way I can describe it, sometimes the gears would drop in like butter, and other times gears would catch and drag a bit and this wasn't related to ambient temperature but I did notice it shifted better after being on for many hours straight on the highway. I don't drive this car very hard at all, and have 18 years of manual driving experience, and haven't even used up a clutch in any of my cars in all that time.
I got it home avoiding using 2nd, which isn't difficult just annoying on a slow car. I bled the clutch and it made no difference. Drained the gear oil and there was a good amount of metallic particles in it, the gear oil only had 15K on it, because I changed it hoping to improve shift quality. Gonna put some new fluid in there and send 'er in for warranty, but what the [censored] happened here?
I Should note that I have never been quite satisfied with the shifting of this transmission. Inconsistent is the best way I can describe it, sometimes the gears would drop in like butter, and other times gears would catch and drag a bit and this wasn't related to ambient temperature but I did notice it shifted better after being on for many hours straight on the highway. I don't drive this car very hard at all, and have 18 years of manual driving experience, and haven't even used up a clutch in any of my cars in all that time.