Chris_S

In reply to "grossgary"... What happens when I remove my foot from the gas (and not depress the clutch) is that you feel a jerk much like you would feel with gear lash. As I said what normally happens is that the car decelerates smoothly but here I can actually feel what seems to be play in the drive train. It's quite noticeable when in stop and go traffic or on windy country roads where you are freqently taking your foot off the gas when approaching a curve. The problem is that it only does it about half the time.

I have a 2003 Forester XS with a manual transmission. Been have an problem that happend about 50% of the time. When I remove my foot from the accelerator (as in traffic), the engine/drive train winds down smoothly. But half the time, the drive train seems to jerk (drop in rpm) much like an older car with bad universal joints being put into reverse. The problem seems to be getting worse but the dealer has been no help in finding this problem. Has anyone seen this problem before? Any suggestions. Thanks...