Hi all,
I am a recent new owner of 03 5AT G coupe with 50k miles and was wondering if you guys experience this: in the morning when I first start the car, there is a slight gearing sound when the car first shift from 1st to 2nd. It does not happen anymore after the car gets warm, or after I restart it after parking for a few hours or so. It sounds like metal rubbing against metal for about 1 sec, and is not that loud at all but loud enough to hear it every morning. Is this considered normal?
Also I've noticed that sportshifting in the G is more sluggish than a Acura CL that I drive as a daily driver...it feels as though it takes twice longer to wait for the car to downshift, and it doesnt like to shift 2 gears at once. For example, I can down tap the sportshift consecutively twice in the CL and it will go to 3rd then 2nd by itself, but in the G I have to wait till it gets to 3rd then down tap again to get it to 2nd. If I down tap twice it will only downshift by 1 gear etc. Is this a sign of tranny turning bad? gosh....

Also I am just wondering why nissan made its sportshift unable to go to 2nd after redlining...unlike Audis, Lexus, Acuras etc. I've never tried a M3 so I dunno if it will go to 2nd after redlining..........

 

most likely you are hearing the ABS self test sound which happens each time you start the car. It seems to be louder when the car is colder.

 

really...I never know that...thanks..
it does ABS test when it first shift from 1st to 2nd?..hmmm interesting~ when i switch into reverse gear I dont get that sound tho for some reason...

 

the sound is audiable when you first start accelerating to about 5-10 MPH usually when in 1st gear.

 

Known issue for 5AT's everybody knows about it but it's not harmful as I believe. However, once I got my grouding kit I don't hear it anymore. I think it has more to do with shifting and with the kit it makes the tranny shift smoother.

 

the computer memorized how the previous owner drove the car.

i reset the ECU (search for threads), then drove it somewhat aggressively.
it definitely will reduce the lag.

 

WOOO...REALLY...
i will definitely look into that to reduce the lag
thanks!

 

OMG IS THAT WAT IT IS< THANK GOD jsut eh ABS i hear that noise too sometimes !

 

I have the ABS sound too, and I was wicked worried at first when I heard it. It was cleared up by some friendly members here on my thread a while ago as well.

In the mornings, just before shifting to 2nd gear, I hear the metallic sound from the front, kind of like a spring unload or something of that sort.

As for the slow downshift, I think it started in 2005, since the AT now does Rev-matching, and that takes time.

Correct me if I am wrong.

Ben