vinkodex.F23 five speed manual gearbox: sticking shift and input shaft bearing
Typically between 150,000 and 250,000 km. It does not show up on every car.
comfort
severity
between 150,000 and 250,000 km
mileage
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The fault
How you spot it
The Opel F23 (Getrag, roughly 1998 to 2011) is the five speed manual gearbox of the stronger engines in the Astra G/H, Vectra and Zafira A. The typical fault is a stiff, sticking shift.
A common cause is wear of the plastic guide sleeve and the selector lever sleeve, or a loose shift linkage. At high mileage (above around 200,000 km) the input shaft bearing starts to whine. With too little oil the noise gets worse. The fill is about 2 litres of API GL-4 75W-85, and the oil change is about every 60,000 km.
The F23 sticks, and the input shaft bearing whines. On the F17 the synchro ring and the differential wear.
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Who it affects
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Engines and transmissions
Transmission
F23
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F23 five speed manual gearbox: sticking shift and input shaft bearing
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