Hi All!
Wondered if anyone would mind giving me a quick perspective on this. I really like to work well with my service guys and not run something in on a whim unless I have some indication it is more than just a 'nuisance' complaint-and I'm not complaining about this, I just don't want to under-react and have it potentially damage something else either.
I've driven a manual for years - traded in my Spectra SX 2006 manual for my manual Forte, so you'd think I'd not notice a lot of difference shifting really (in this way). Even given the noted differences between the two, I still shouldn't see much difference.
Sitting still,
car running,
in open parking lot with nothing close (as in, not sitting along an echo-wall at a drive through, etc),
car hot or cold,
only total 700 miles on the car, four weeks new,
easy to reproduce because it's the 'norm' it would appear
-- I shift into ANY gear and I swear I hear hardware moving under the car. This happens when I'm driving and shifting also, but harder to observe and report condition fairly from inside moving car.
To be clear, this is absolutely positively
not a grinding noise, it is not missing gear.
I just never ever noticed a '(normal?)metal moving' sound to this degree ever before in any other car when shifting, coming from outside/under car, on any manual m/m that I've had direct experience with, when shifting from neutral or any gear to any other gear (unless of course I shifted wrong and that's not a part of this problem). But in the Forte, with no echo-wall etc. next to me on either side,
its like the sound of a skateboarder moving from one gear to the other -- its not like HUGE, its not like barely-detectable, but it is very noticeable from outside the car (much less heard inside the car) and it is 100% of every shift change. It's a somewhat smooth transition sound, it's not rough and the car doesn't react badly to it seemingly, the sound is not necessarily troublesome in terms of 'uh-oh'
so I tend not to want to run right away to service about it...
but it doesn't seem like it should be making the sound to this degree,
or if it comes from normal part movement (which I expect it is in some way) at least it shouldn't be happening that loudly (lube???). The sound that comes with the dragging is of a level that someone walking across a parking lot from you ten cars away would hear it and look.
Car runs great otherwise as far as I'm concerned, mpg at only 700 miles is as expected. No dash lights coming on.
Do all of your manual Forte's make this sound this loud, from under the outside of the car and noticeable to others, 100% of every shift as a rule--is that what I should consider normal on this Forte?
I planned to ask them as a matter of good form at the 90-day check so long as nothing else indicates any issue prior to that time, but
I thought I would ask here at this point just to be sure I'm not under-reacting...
Appreciate any input anyone would be willing to share,
and wishing all a great weekend!
