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Thank you everyone for your replies. I am going to try to bleed the clutch fluid tonight to see if there is some air being trapped in the system but I think all the other suggestions are our of my mechanical capabilities. One other symptom came up this weekend while I was out of town. Now when the car is off, the shifter moves into each gear without any resistance, without pressing the clutch pedal. As soon as I start the engine, it is extremely difficult to get the car into gear.

Oh okay, I see what you mean now. I'll look into that too. Thank you!

Thanks for the reply Jonathan. I wasn't very clear with my title, it's a new clutch, the transmission is original, I just wasn't sure if it had anything to do with the transmission.

Car information: - 2010 Subaru Forester 2.5x Manual - Replaced clutch in 2017 when car had ~127,000 miles on it - Car currently has 159,000 miles Summary of issue: Approximately 3 weeks ago my car started having issues shifting into reverse first thing in the morning. The other gears seemed to work fine at first. Throughout the day I was able to get the car into reverse, and then at the end of the day there wasn't an issue. Over the course of the last 3 weeks it has gotten progressively more difficult to get my car into gear in the morning. It started getting harder with gears 1 and 2, now all gears are almost impossible to shift into first thing. I end up letting my car run for 20-30 minutes prior to driving. I find that after driving for a while throughout the day the shifting becomes easier and easier until (after approximately an hour of driving or standing with the engine on) the gears shift almost effortlessly. It's as if there isn't a problem at all. I checked transmission fluid levels and they within acceptable range. The winter has been very cold all year; the problem just popped up weeks ago. My mechanic is very experienced and usually works on high performance cars, I have no reason to doubt the quality of his work. Does anyone know what would be causing these issues with the clutch only having 30,000 miles on it?