Re: Ertiga, Dzire & Swift: Gearbox Synchronizer Failure Recently, on the trip to Himachal, the 2nd and 4th gears on our S-Cross 1.3 weren't slotting in first attempt. The issue just surfaced once with both the gears. Since then it re-surfaced a couple of days before with 4th gear. I took the car to the SC, we took a long TD and everything was working fine.
Then, suddenly, on the service floor, car refused to slot in reverse. It took multiple attempts for the mechanic. I told them to check the gear synchronizer rings as this is a known problem with 90HP DDiS engines. My SA told me that it cannot be the rings as the issue surfaces not that often, if it were the rings, I would have seen the problem consistently.
They did clutch bleeding and we took a long TD again, all gears were slotting smoothly. My Father took the car to Agra today covering some 250 kms. The issue has not surfaced again.
I have a lot of highway travel planned for this month, will be covering some 4,500 kms, I really hope it wasn't the rings. I have come across just one S-Cross 1.3 belonging to a BHPian which went gear ssynchronizer ring replacement very early in its life.
Last edited by Rudra Sen : 1st October 2021 at 13:17.
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