I have that exact same problem with the clutch not releasing and it's driving me crazy. When I brought that up to the dealer, they just said don't worry about it, and bring it back after the transmission is blown up, since i'm also experiencing this nasty 2nd gear grind now and then. Lots of times when i'm shifting into 2nd gear, I have to pull the shifter hard out of 1st gear because it won't release, and i've had this problem where I was backing out of my driveway, and the clutch didn't disengage causing my car to act like it was about to stall.

I've also been having this rough start issue in the cold mornings, but after I changed the oil and filter, it seems to have went away.

 

I dont know what to say about these cars but are most cars like this when they are new or is it just the s2k? Its not like I drive my car hard.

 

I have never had any car do this - when new or otherwise. Some motorcycles maybe but these were definate a case of badly adjusted clutches. That's why I still think that the problem lies here.

 

Baldy74


Try a search on map sensor .....
I had the same problem. Someone suggested that I take out the map sensor, give it couple taps and put it back. If it still doesn't work, have your map sensor replaced with a new one. This might help.

 

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking in my gut too as well. I dropped her off at Schomp on Saturday. When they call me back to give me an update, I think I'm going to make a suggestion that they try looking at the map sensor, as it seems to see quite a few people have a problem with that. I'll keep you all posted.

 

I have this same problem too. My car will actually start and die about 1 or 2 times when the temp is below freezing. I thought it was because of our high compression engines and the 10W30 oil. Now I wonder.

 

Well, here is the lates update. I just got a call from Rob at Ralph Schomp. He was mainly calling to verify what he was experiencing was the same issue to which I was referring. It was. He said he has started it 3 times and 2 out of 3 it has started rough and/or died. He says that his own S2000 does the same thing (granted he only starts it on occasion he said, as he races it), and that 2 other S's he has in right now being serviced for other things have started up the same way as well. He is kinda saying that he thinks its a normal thing for this. He is attributing it to having a high compression.

I could sort of understand this, but then I also don't see why it does it when its warm out as well. I did make the suggestion to him to try checking the MAP sensor. I explained to him that several people on here have had this issue and it was resolved by replacing that. He's not sure why it would matter, but I think he is going to try checking into it and see what else he can find out. Well, not much more than that. Not sure if he is actually going to replace it or just hook it up to the computer and test. My problem which this is that is definitely possible that if the part is failing and reading incorrectly, it could be reporting everything is ok when it isn't.

Well, I hope to hear from him either tomorrow or Thursday with an update. I guess I'm just trying to decide whether or not to accept if this really is a "normal" symptom that can occur with our cars, or if some of us are experiencing a potential problem. Any comments on this welcome. Thanks again, guys.

 

This is NOT even remotely normal. He might be a nice guy but I think he's just in over his head. He simply has run out of ideas so the final answer is "It's normal".
In the last 2 years and some 27,000 km that I've had my car, it has on 2 occasions done this. Each time, it lasted about 3-5 starting episodes and it cured itself. So, out of thousands of starts, only about a 1/2 dozen of those were "bad" ones. I think that some cars just are not able to either "learn" or they have another issue that is preventing them from learning. Although this problem has been reported by several board members, these are only a very small percentage of all board members. "Normal" would imply the reverse statistics.
Don't accept "normal" as the final solution.

 

Mine had a funny start only once when the weather turned really cold. Now even when temps are down to 15F (-18C) she starts up pretty good and idles at 2100 then gradually drops down.

 

I do believe your car has "learned" and adapted. If it's anything like mine, you should be OK till next fall.