Intermittent jerking in 3rd

[Richard]

Just wondering if anyone else is having this problem. I've got an '04
2.5 RS. When I'm in 3rd gear (and only in that gear), I sometimes get
a small jerking motion (kind of feels like the sparkplugs are
misfiring) for one second the instant I lift my foot off the
accelarator. It seems to happen randomly and cannot always be
reproduced. It started 2 weeks ago, and I know for a fact it never
did that before. The service manager was in my car to check it out
and claims that's normal, although that's impossible because it didn't
used to happen.

 

[Skweezieweezie]

This is caused by backlash of the gears in the
transmission and rest of the drivetrain.
ALL manuals tend to have some backlash, and
it may be more pronounced is one gear vs. the others.

 

[UncleMeat]

(e-mail address removed) (Richard) wrote in @posting.google.com:

The service manager was in my car to check it out
and claims that's normal, although that's impossible because it didn't
used to happen.

Welcome to subaru... subarus hesitate. it is normal. get a honda.

 

[Henry Paul]

My Subaru doesn't hesitate one bit.

 

[Alan]

My Subaru doesn't hesitate one bit.

Neither does mine. My Honda did, though.