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The car seems to be slowing down extreamly fast when im out of gear, its as though i have my handbreak on, and no there isnt a sign on the dashboard so i doubt its somthing to do with the handbreak. i dont know what it is, for example im standing stationary on a small hil, im ment to be going down but im not? another thing i realised is when i take it out of gearing and im about to stop on a red light, the car starts slowing down extreamly fast. Normally it use to easee in and stop very slowly. Now its like someone is applying the break by itself. Also its been a problem excellerating, because its harder to go in first gear due to this invisible break, the car is easier to stall, i need to rev a lot more in order to get a decent speed. Any help?

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As long as the gear shift calbe is routed correctly and adjusted correctly you can be sure you have a input spline problem the first sign is hard to engage first gear and hard to engage in reverse the S 40 have known problems for this your dealer should know TSB 43-47

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