Collected my new ND2 on Wednesday, and immediately noticed what I can only describe as “excessive” transmission movement, quite different to cars I have test driven previously.
When I get on and off the throttle the shift lever moves up and down by maybe 10-15mm. Feels very weird when changing 1st to 2nd especially.
Any suggestions as to a probable cause?
(Oh, and before you say “take it back to the dealer”, I’d like to understand what could be happening before letting a grease monkey loose on my new car with a 3 foot pry bar!)
Seriously though all I can really say is mine doesn’t do that. I have noticed having moved from an 2015 1.5 to an 2019 2.0 ND2 that there’s quite a difference in the amount of bracing there is in the driveline and underside bracing. Could theorise it’s to counter some of the conditions that ‘may’ have contributed to early gearboxes issue… Perhaps something isn’t tightened or connected properly down there.
Hopefully only 1/2 inch if my conversion skills are up to scratch…
I’ve had my ND2 for about 3 months, now. Moved over from a Cooper S. There’s quite a bit more movement in the ND2 in comparison but, as has been pointed out in other threads, we have a gearstick directly attached to the gearbox and not via remote linkage. So any movement / shudder from the engine / gearbox will be more noticeable.
Just had another trip round the block with the wife taking a little video of the gear knob on her phone. It is worse that I thought. The up/down movement of the gear shift is more like 30mm getting on and off the throttle in 2nd gear. This is ridiculous - it cannot possibly be right.
As far as I am aware the engine/transmission/PPF and diff are all one unit, only connected to the shell by the engine mounts and the diff mounts. Is that correct? How on earth can there be this much differential movement between the transmission and the body???
Agree with the above. You could go underneath and inspect everything if you are confident that you understand the construction. It looks like something is broken or not attached.
Fred, I would suggest that as well as getting back to your dealer you send a copy of that video to Mazda UK for them to make further enquiries as there is something seriously wrong with the car that needs a thorough investigation, maybe a parts failure that would need a recall.
I’m hoping it’s not the sign of a bad batch where a new fitter who has forgotten to do something on a number of cars. It’ll be on my mind now when I collect mine soon.
Fingers crossed it’s a one off and Fred has it resolved soon. Will be good to hear what exactly is the fault and what they say about it.
“Been driving it like that for 70 miles so I suspect a PPF fatigue fracture is imminent! :(”
Sorry, I do not understand why a PPF fatigue fracture is imminent! Fatigue fracture is caused by repeated cyclic loading over the long term the life of the compnent.
That component has had the loading over a short time and none recently.
Did you not see the video of the gear shift movement?
Only the top PPF to transmission mount was attached, so the PPF must have been bending with every application of throttle.
Does that not sound like “repeated cyclic loading” to you???
