Q: Problem in 1st gear

asked by on August 17, 2017

I own a swift vdi car from last few months im experiencing a problem with 1st gear actually what happening is in first gear i cannnot touch 40kmph even though rpm rises to 4000 and other serious problem which im facing is that during shifting gear down from 5th to four (imean to say stop and overtaking)has been tough pls help me how to handle dis
My car has a manual transmission.

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