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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
 
It could be the clutch dragging, I get the notchy feel going in to 3rd and 4th on my car but every other gear is fine. The car will still be under warranty so maybe worth reporting it. I changed the gearbox oil on mine to Redline brand but didn't make any difference. Next I'm going to get the shift cables reset to see if it makes any difference. A few people said it made a difference on the i30n and its the same procedure.