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Manual Transmission Differential Whine

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I love the box but think the drivetrain is junk. I have the manual there is a lot of drivetrain whine in 1st and 2nd gear upon acceleration. I first thought it to be the transmission. However if I drive to 45 mph and put the tranny in neutral and coast to a stop it is actaully the differential. Try this if you have a manual. I am going to test drive another if it is inherant with the car I am going to dump it. It is really annoying when you are in traffic speeding up and down. I should have kept my Focus ZX5 with the 2.3l
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Welcome to the site... sorry to hear you're not happy w/ your xB... I'm curious what the outcome will be :)
My xB is my 5th manual transmission car. I've not noticed anything overly unusual like the whine you describe. Might be worth a dealership visit to the service department.
Stick shift vibration?

Maytag said:
My xB is my 5th manual transmission car. I've not noticed anything overly unusual like the whine you describe. Might be worth a dealership visit to the service department.
Still test driving xB. Did not notice the whine, but did notice that the stick vibrated when I accelerated in 4th or 5th gear.
Anyone else get this? I will try another one to see if its a one-off, but thought I would ask
here as well.
Thanks.

- Mike
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