When taking off from a stop there is a violent grinding/shaking/shuddering/rumbling that happens as it attempts to shift into first gear. Might also happen when shifting into second gear - since first gear only lasts a couple seconds it's hard to tell which gear it's having the issue with. Could be both first and second gear having the issue. I don't notice it for higher gears. This could be called "hesitating" because technically it is hesitating - but to leave out the part about it sounding like a machine gun seems...... unwise. Also adding my vote for the hesitating complaint separately.