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#1 of 5 Pops out of 1st gear by gerry18 Feb 11, 2007 (6:13 pm)
My '96 318ti frequetnly pops out of first gear with a bang as I let out the clutch from a stand still. It also is a little balkie going into 1st occasionally. No problems with 2nd gear (same syncronizer, I believe.) Anyone know what the problem is and cost to repair? Car has 100,000 miles and on the original clutch. Replies to this message: alcon (Feb 24, 2007 3:14 am) gerry18 (Feb 25, 2007 8:51 am)
#2 of 5 Re: Pops out of 1st gear [gerry18] by alcon Feb 24, 2007 (3:14 am)
Replying to: gerry18 (Feb 11, 2007 6:13 pm) You are describing exactly the problem I am having with my car - first gear popping out with a bang from stand still, a little 'balkie' going into first sometimes, no probs with other gears. Unhelpfully my car is an 03 Merc C270 CDi (just over 100,000 miles). My local Merc dealer has investigated, tried minor adjustment to the gear shift (sorry for vague terminology) but thinks it could well be an internal gearbox problem! In which case, if I can't live with it, it will apparently need a whole new gear box because tinkering about inside the Merc's 'sealed' unit would be expensive/impossible. I am currently looking into costs of doing this without taking out a second mortgage but if anyone has advice on your problem which might be applicable to my car I would love to hear it also. Replies to this message: gerry18 (Feb 25, 2007 8:51 am)
#3 of 5 Re: Pops out of 1st gear [alcon] by gerry18 Feb 25, 2007 (8:51 am)
Replying to: alcon (Feb 24, 2007 3:14 am) My dealer gave me the same speech. Sealed transmission, blah, blah, blah Hence my call for knowledgeable help. The we can't have the only two vehicles with this problem - and at the same mileage! Someone out there must have actually lived through before us.
#4 of 5 Rough at low speeds by djb7 Jun 30, 2007 (8:45 am)
Hi all - I own a '95 Club Sport with 140,xxx miles. I have had very few problems with it, but I'm starting to run into some issues. The most major is some serious clutch/transmission problems in start and stop traffic. It gets incredibly rough trying letting the clutch out and transferring torque to the rear wheels. It only happens from a stop or very low speed in first gear.   I can't tell if it is the clutch (orig. as far as I know) or the transmission. Any ideas? Replies to this message: roadburner (Jun 30, 2007 9:47 am)
#5 of 5 Re: Rough at low speeds [djb7] by roadburner Jun 30, 2007 (9:47 am)
Replying to: djb7 (Jun 30, 2007 8:45 am) I can't tell if it is the clutch (orig. as far as I know) or the transmission. Any ideas?   It's most likely either the clutch or its related parts- such as the master or slave cylinder. Has the brake fluid level dropped in the reservoir?

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