6MT - Shifter feels grindy going into 2nd?

Hey folks, I'm up to around 1800km so far and lately I am noticing when going into some gears, usually 2nd but sometimes others I will get a bit of a grindy feel during the last few centimeters moving the stick into the gear. It passes the gate smoothly and then just before locking you'll notice some resistance. Like a grindy or gravelly feeling. No noise though.

It's difficult to reproduce, and when sitting at a stop in neutral with the clutch in you can row all the gears and they mostly feel notchy and good.

I wonder if I am getting lazier with my shifting (shifting too high or too low in the band) but I don't think I changed my technique.

Wondering if you guys get any similar feedback from the shift lever - best I can describe it is it feels like you are pushing the stick through gravel during the last half inch/inch of travel.

 

What was your build date? There were some early issues with the shifter mounting plates or something like that

 

I felt something like that a few times and after the first 1500 km I think It's engine braking this I found was mostly in 2nd odd time in 3rd this was only when down shifting. I have found that I only down shift into 2nd below 25km and 3rd 40km it seems to shift smoother I have found. I'm now at 8700km. I will say that this is my 1st truck manual and I have two other cars with manuals and this truck drives diffrent then any other I have driven before

 

Yes mine has the exact same feel. If I shift slowly and give a little gas it's not as pronounced. My truck was built in June 2024, I don't think it has anything to do with the mounting plate failures.
I came from a Ford Focus manual and my guess is that this is just what a truck manual feels like. The tall 1st gear ratio and having the shifter being directly linked to the trans, makes for more physical feedback into the shifting.

 

On the upshift and the downshift?

 

get it check out by your dealer....