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Holden Cruze: Noisy manual

My wife and I purchased a 2011-plated Holden Cruze SRI-V sedan new in 2012. I’ve recently had bought to my attention that there are gearbox issues with this vehicle. Ours is manual and when selecting gears 1-2 and 2-3 there is a significant audible sound that can be heard externally. I have noticed this for some time, but due to being outside of the 3-year warranty period I assumed we had no ground to stand on. After seeing some online forums about this topic and the vehicle still sitting at less than 50,000 km do we have grounds to claim on warranty based on distance travelled?

The most common transmission problem that affects the Cruze relates to the automatic transmission, not the manual. As yours is a manual it isn’t affected by these issues. I would suggest you have a mechanic check your car to diagnose the problem for you before you go any further with a claim against Holden. If the noise you are hearing happens while you have the clutch pedal depressed in the process of changing gears it could be a worn clutch throw-out bearing, but if it is a crunching noise when selecting gears it could be either the clutch isn’t fully disengaging, or it could a synchromesh problem.

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