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'12 Civic EX clutch issue?

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'12 Civic EX, 5sp manual, bought at 105k miles approximately 2 months ago, currently at 107k miles.

Been having a bit of intermittent trouble shifting into 1st gear for the last couple of days. Typically when I'm at a dead stop, or have just finished reversing, I'll go to shift into first and it feels like the clutch isn't fully disengaged. Sometimes it'll slip into 1st with some resistance, sometimes it won't shift at all and I end up grinding it.

That's it, not CEL's or other indicators. Clutch fluid is full with no leaks and looks ok, no signs of contamination.

So far its only a minor nuisance when stopped in traffic, but I just got this car and am trying to figure out if this is a sign of wear. Would rather get it fixed now than have bigger problems down the road. Plus, I tend to be a tad hard on the car - my drive style any given day is somewhere between "impatient" and "drive like you stole it", depending on where I'm at and what I'm doing.
 
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