3rd gear pops out on my manual tranny?

[Lefteris]

any idea why my 05' with only 110K is throwing out 3rd gear every time unless I Push hard on the shifter to keep it in? Every other gear woks perfectly fine except for third. Anybody else have similar problems?

[Flagrum_3]

Haven't had the same problem with my 3, but had it with one of my Honda's, it was caused by the syncros if I remember correctly! or was it a gear? ...anyways something could be shot!


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[WhiteSpeed3]

well i was at autocross about a month and a half ago and mine was doing the same thing on hard turns and there was a speed6 that was having the same prob

other than that i never really had any issues

[Junior]

Synchros, common problem on proteges as well.

[Soyabean]

it happend to me today. I was in 4th though and maybe i didn't push it in all the way but i put it in for like 1 sec and gased and it popped back to neutral. Then i smelled my clutch burn and it might just be me........ but i think my clutch is slipping a little. doh. I have to check it tough, i just think it was slipping cuz it felt different when i was going up my driveway

[McGuyver_3]

it happend to me today. I was in 4th though and maybe i didn't push it in all the way but i put it in for like 1 sec and gased and it popped back to neutral. Then i smelled my clutch burn and it might just be me........ but i think my clutch is slipping a little. doh. I have to check it tough, i just think it was slipping cuz it felt different when i was going up my driveway

you are ablto tell what a slipping clutch is ver easily haha. when you push the gas you watch the rpms shoot up and your not moving any faster slightly let off the gas and reapply the gas and the car rpms go down and the car starts to accelarate slightly. I know this because my previous car had the problem and my 3 had a bad slipping clutch lol. Lets just say maybe i shouldnt have let so many people learn how to drive standard on my car

[Soyabean]

well, it was just me..... thanks for the explaination dan. My car is fine, although i did find out my clutch is very soft and the point at which it engages is very high. Is everyone else's like that or just mine?

[sudz]

Soyabean, I've been dying to know if my clutch is the same as other Mazda 3's. if you want, i'll take you take my ride out around the block and you can tell me if its the same. The reason i ask, is because when i sit in a "new" mazda3 (i.e. in the showroom) the clutch feels much more smooth/effortless.

[McGuyver_3]

Soyabean, I've been dying to know if my clutch is the same as other Mazda 3's. if you want, i'll take you take my ride out around the block and you can tell me if its the same. The reason i ask, is because when i sit in a "new" mazda3 (i.e. in the showroom) the clutch feels much more smooth/effortless.

Evry clutch is different. I had a very heavy clutch pedal from day one and i loved it because you new it was a clutch. When i put my new one in the pedal became alot more soft. Personally i dont like it but there is nothing i can do about it