i just picked up my new/used xb with 25,000 miles on friday march 2nd, and i realized that the transmission was grinding when i was downshifting,...i drove it till monday and brought it to the dealership.....turns out i had a few stripped gears and a few bad synchros.......at 25k???? wow...so i got a brand new transmission and as soon as i got into the car i realized i couldnt get into 1st or 2nd gear. so im still to this minute without my xb that i purchaced....im in a rental....my old xa had problems with the clutch slipping at 7k miles....now this

 

Sounds like a rash of bad luck. Hope ya get it fixed soon. Good luck

 

when they fixed it they probably just put the cables in wrong. I hope my tranny doesn't go out that soon but it sounds like the guy you got it from was a total turd and didn't know how to drive a 100hp car. Good luck!

 

ouch..dont worry..it's not common. im close to 30,000 miles on my 06 xB and my clutch/transmission is perfectly fine

 

Im at 40,000 and my clutch is doing good, and im in Germany. speeds are 100MPH almost all the time, and I always downshift.

 

dont feel too bad. my transmission went bad after 16,000 miles and had to have it replaced. thank god for the warranty. now i've got over 60,000 miles and havent had any more problems.

 

I'm at 96000+ with no problems.

 

i'm at 6000 with no problems. priceless....

 

37 with heavy wheels and tourist traffic...

still is working great...

last owner must have either not known how to drive a stick or beat it all to hell

 

30k and fun little spats like this...





...and i'm still perfectly fine...somehow...

 

the manual transmission problems seem to be a recurring thread.... oh well

 

haha! sweet burnout pics!

 

lol, thanks man

 

sounds to me like u got stuck with someone's learner car.

 

Honestly, how do you do a burnout like that? I tried not long after I bought mine and had mad wheel hop. Since then, I've never tried again for fear of breaking something.