Stiff Gear Change Normal?

[jamesfrostis]

Hello All

I can find a bit information on this but not much, any advice would be welcome.

Just purchased a second hand RAV 4 Diesel which generally I'm really happy with, the only thing I'm finding is the gear change in to 1 and 2 very stiff unless I'm going at a very slow speed or from a standing start when it is perfectly smooth. It does seem to improve the longer the drive is also.

I can find some posts that seem to say this is fairly standard - is it? Or should I pressure the garage in to doing something more about it. I did mention it to them once already when I had a separate minor adustment made to something else. They said they looked at it and the gear change was standard.

Manyt thanks for your thoughts!

James

[Heidfirst]

seeing as no one else has answered ... I have had 2 Avensis with this box & they both have been very obstructive into 2nd going up or down the box until warmed up.

1st never really struck me as a problem although I rarely go from 2nd>1st whilst the car is still rolling.

[jamesfrostis]

Hi Heidfirst

Thanks for your reply! Funnily enough I drove around a lot today and the problem got less and less as time went by, so it seems that once the box has warmed up like you said it isn't such a problem. I'll keep an eye on it.