bought my s2k about a month ago the past few days it seem like the car is having trouble shifting into 6th and 5th gear idk sometime it seems as if have to pause in the middle to get into 3rd now too...idk is this hot weather getting to me and all the sudden i forgot how to shift? any help/suggestions would be appreciated thanks!

 

i am assuming u purchased used 2005 ap2? change tranny fluid first.

 

yeah it's used has about 36k i will try to change the tranny fluid first thanks. any recommendation on what brand works the best?

 

at 36k you should definately change all fluids. i used honda tranny fluid but do a research and make sure you get the right kind.

 

thanks i thought the dealership changed the fluids but maybe not any way thanks for your advice time to have the fluids changed hope this works

 

Sometimes if people routinely accelerate in 3rd up to freeway speed and then shift directly into sixth, the wear on the synchros ends up causing problems getting the car into fifth and sixth. Might be an issue here, especially since this is a used car.

 

Yeah skip shifting (2nd to 5th) is not good for our transmissions, I read that several times on this site. The RPM's are too high when you take 2nd gear to 50mph for the 5th gear syncro to match the RPM's.
At least thats how I read it.

I have a 2004 and the tranny is notchy when its cold, I changed the fluid and its still pretty nothcy compared to my previous cars. I shift slow and never skip shift, occasionally it will pop out of 2nd gear when cold but @ 63k miles it still works pretty damn good.

Just take care of it! lol

 

Anything to do with TSB 02-046?

https://www.s2ki.com/stor/library/TSB/A02-046/index.htm

 

it could possibly be the TSB 02-406 unfortunately i'm not mechanically inclined so i guess i have to take the car to the dealership on mon...

 

That says it only applies to 2000-02, not '05. Is that something they didn't fix?