ive had the car for a couple of months and ive noticed recently its becoming trickier to go from 1st to 2nd, the rest of the gear changes are fine but when i go from 1st to 2nd the car judders slightly, does anybody have an idea of what might be wrong all advice welcome.

welcome to the LOC m8 i would get the gear box oil check'd changed b4 you start to look deeper into this

...hey, mine does this a bit too...! My symptoms are that you can't rush 1st to 2nd gear changes until the box is warm, but all other gears are fine. No rattles though. I tried a few IS 200's before buying this one and they were all a bit "boxy" to my mind after coming from a V6 Vectra, I put it down to the more positive direct linkage rather than half a dozen rose bushes between you and the gears... Does yours get better when warm??

mine does that do when its cold. 2nd to 1st is more of a pain for me

Again mines done it for the past 3 years but after the 1st mile or so its fine

Same here. I think you're probably noticing it more because of the time of year, it's colder and my car seems slightly worse than it did. Once the oil has warmed up it's ok, although 1-2 is always a bit tricky. It seems that you can't rush it otherwise it crunches slightly, but if you take too long the engine revs drop too much and then you can't let the clutch up smoothly.

3-2 is really smooth, just not 1-2.

Think its a common issue with the IS gear box...mines a little notchy when cold to.

Yep, mine does that too. Always get that little "crunch" gear sound. Is there a recommended oil for the is200 gear box because im going to try changing the gear box oil to see if it would improve it?

mines fine form 1st to 2nd gear but going back to first is bit hard
thanks

Same here..05 plate IS200 ...1st to 2nd gear a bit notchy when cold alot better when warm...i found aswell when its cold before driving of just to depress the clutch and go through all the gears once or twice 1st to 2nd to 3rd etc then back again...IMO seems to help on cold mornings...

its because the gearbox is crap and the cones for the syncromesh are worn. i had my gearbox replaced under warranty many many years ago, the new box was perfect for about 4 months then it started to get the common "crunch" and difficulty making smooth changes into 2nd.

Only sure way I have found is to make slower changes between 1st and 2nd then the change is fine.