Velox
Well-Known Member
To start off with, my vehicle is a 2013 Civic EX with a 5 speed manual transmission.
On occasion, my vehicle jerks quite a bit when I'm moving at slow speeds. I've mostly noticed this problem after the vehicle has been stationary for a long period of time (overnight parking or something). I usually go through my parking lot in 2nd gear about 10-15mph and it almost feels like the engine speed isn't properly matching the transmission speed. I feel a sudden drag as if I dropped the clutch hard without giving an adequate amount of gas. Keep in mind, I don't ride the clutch in 2nd gear, so this drag occurs when the clutch is fully engaged and the gas pedal is being pressed (leading me to believe it's not human error)
I originally believed it to be my transmission or motor simply not warming up enough. But I allowed my vehicle to idle for 5 minutes (actually timed it, not exaggerating) last time and still had the same problem. This was also in 65-70 degree fahrenheit weather, so I don't think it's actually "cold." This problem doesn't occur every morning, only about once a week. I haven't been able to observe any other variables (night time temperature, humidity, time stationary) that is consistently present every time the problem occurs.
Other than this problem, I haven't observed any other problems with the ride quality or the transmission. The problem usually goes away after about 20 minutes (although the problem isn't observed at higher speeds).
If anyone knows how to counter this problem or fix it entirely, it would help me out a lot. It may very well be human error, but I don't believe I'm doing anything wrong. It was rather embarrassing to pull out of the parking lot with a girl I recently met to have her actually ask "How long have you been driving a manual?" -.-
On occasion, my vehicle jerks quite a bit when I'm moving at slow speeds. I've mostly noticed this problem after the vehicle has been stationary for a long period of time (overnight parking or something). I usually go through my parking lot in 2nd gear about 10-15mph and it almost feels like the engine speed isn't properly matching the transmission speed. I feel a sudden drag as if I dropped the clutch hard without giving an adequate amount of gas. Keep in mind, I don't ride the clutch in 2nd gear, so this drag occurs when the clutch is fully engaged and the gas pedal is being pressed (leading me to believe it's not human error)
I originally believed it to be my transmission or motor simply not warming up enough. But I allowed my vehicle to idle for 5 minutes (actually timed it, not exaggerating) last time and still had the same problem. This was also in 65-70 degree fahrenheit weather, so I don't think it's actually "cold." This problem doesn't occur every morning, only about once a week. I haven't been able to observe any other variables (night time temperature, humidity, time stationary) that is consistently present every time the problem occurs.
Other than this problem, I haven't observed any other problems with the ride quality or the transmission. The problem usually goes away after about 20 minutes (although the problem isn't observed at higher speeds).
If anyone knows how to counter this problem or fix it entirely, it would help me out a lot. It may very well be human error, but I don't believe I'm doing anything wrong. It was rather embarrassing to pull out of the parking lot with a girl I recently met to have her actually ask "How long have you been driving a manual?" -.-
