I've posted before about problems with our Mondeo - it's a 2005 TDCi estate, think it's got about 85000 miles on.
We had to get the dual mass flywheel replaced a while ago, and since around the time that was done (but not 100% sure it was exactly after that), I've been finding it much harder to change down to the lower gears. It's fine when starting off, but when I'm driving and have to slow down or stop, it's stiff when changing down to 2nd and sometimes almost impossible to get into 1st gear. However if I come to a stop, then it's usually OK afterwards (especially if I let the clutch up and then down again). Changing up, or changing down to higher gears, is fine though.
It's driving me crazy as I usually pride myself on nice smooth gear changes but now can't do them, also it does sometimes just make it very hard to drive and I wonder if it isn't a bit of a safety issue too, sometimes when it really won't go into first and I can't move off again till it does.
We've been back to the garage that did the work a couple of times about this, but each time so far they've just said it needed lubricating and should be fine now - but there was usually little or no improvement and if it helped at all it was only in the short term. Generally we have got on well with them for other things, so I've been a bit surprised about that.
Any ideas please about what might be causing this and how to fix it?
Thank you!
We had to get the dual mass flywheel replaced a while ago, and since around the time that was done (but not 100% sure it was exactly after that), I've been finding it much harder to change down to the lower gears. It's fine when starting off, but when I'm driving and have to slow down or stop, it's stiff when changing down to 2nd and sometimes almost impossible to get into 1st gear. However if I come to a stop, then it's usually OK afterwards (especially if I let the clutch up and then down again). Changing up, or changing down to higher gears, is fine though.
It's driving me crazy as I usually pride myself on nice smooth gear changes but now can't do them, also it does sometimes just make it very hard to drive and I wonder if it isn't a bit of a safety issue too, sometimes when it really won't go into first and I can't move off again till it does.
We've been back to the garage that did the work a couple of times about this, but each time so far they've just said it needed lubricating and should be fine now - but there was usually little or no improvement and if it helped at all it was only in the short term. Generally we have got on well with them for other things, so I've been a bit surprised about that.
Any ideas please about what might be causing this and how to fix it?
Thank you!