I have an 08 GT manual with 5,000 miles on it, bought last New years Eve. I've noticed that the transmission is pretty noisy, with the noise being apparent at the front of the car and not coming from the diff at the rear.
Yesterday I fitted a Hurst billet shifter, which of course has only made the noise easier to hear. The car sounds like it has more like 100,000 miles on it, not 5,000. Truth be told, I've never been happy with this since new, but put off going to the dealership because I had a feeling they might just tell me it was normal, plus, I don't use the car on a daily basis and I figured I would put a few miles on it and see if it improved. Tonight I returned from a 400 mile drive and found it pretty stressful, especially in stop and go traffic.
It sounds worn, like a bearing or something, maybe the clutch release bearing ? It does seem more apparent when I let the clutch out, but if the car is coasting with my foot on the clutch I can still hear a faint whine coming from it. It seems to become more apparent the warmer the car gets, but even from cold, going up though the gears is when I most notice it.
I know the best thing is probably to take it to the dealership and have them take a look at it, but just wondered if anyone had experienced a similar issue.
Colin
Yesterday I fitted a Hurst billet shifter, which of course has only made the noise easier to hear. The car sounds like it has more like 100,000 miles on it, not 5,000. Truth be told, I've never been happy with this since new, but put off going to the dealership because I had a feeling they might just tell me it was normal, plus, I don't use the car on a daily basis and I figured I would put a few miles on it and see if it improved. Tonight I returned from a 400 mile drive and found it pretty stressful, especially in stop and go traffic.
It sounds worn, like a bearing or something, maybe the clutch release bearing ? It does seem more apparent when I let the clutch out, but if the car is coasting with my foot on the clutch I can still hear a faint whine coming from it. It seems to become more apparent the warmer the car gets, but even from cold, going up though the gears is when I most notice it.
I know the best thing is probably to take it to the dealership and have them take a look at it, but just wondered if anyone had experienced a similar issue.
Colin