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Weird gate feeling exiting first gear

Shaharda10000

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May 12, 2026
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Hey there fellow! Been with my 2024 i20n for few months now and i have notice that sometimes , no matter how the car is (cold or
Hot) it get a weird resistance coming out of first gear. It feels like a slight “gate” id say when i try to shift out of first gear and into 2nd gear. The gate feeling usually feel like i have it entering every gear but only first gear is the one i get this gate intermittnly when trying to get out of the gear and into another gear. If i try to
Shift over 3000 i usually dont get the sensation but bellow 2500(granny shifting i noticed it happen a lot
More.
Does anyone had encounters these “gates” at the engagement of gears and when leaving first gear? The one that got me worried a tiny bit more is that i get that trying to leave first gear some times😅 would love for some knowledge about it 🙏👑
Id add that there are no grinding noises and just the usual gear shift noises
 
Don’t change gear when the revs are bellow 2,500 as this puts a lot of load on the engine.
 
I think there is a bit of a translation issue because it’s difficult to understand exactly what you are describing - but there should be a clear feeling that you are shifting between gears.
 
I feel like a notchy feeling coming out of first gear aswell as getting into all the other gears. The notchy feeling coming out of first gear seem to be new to me since i started noticing it in the past week and a half. Kind of worried about it and its kind of annoying to be honest. It has been really notchy and has that gate infront of every gear that i need to put a slight force to push through but coming out of first gear feels like it has that same notch but instead of getting into gear i can feel it going out from first gear when shifting it toward 2nd gear i can feel the first notch when coming out of first gear and the second notch when driving to engage 2nd gear. Again, i havent heard any grinding noises , just the resistance in the shifter