A few nights ago, my brother was driving my car to pick up his car. We were at a red light, and when the light turned green and he tried to get into 2nd gear (he was going about 15 mph), the car wouldn't let him get into gear. The car was moving very slowly, and we were barely able to pull into a parking lot nearby. After parking the car, we tried moving the gear shifter to see if we could get the car into gear, but the stick-shift was very difficult to move, especially when we tried to get the car into 1st , 2nd and 3rd gear , the car seemed to get into 4th gear a little bit. The clutch engaged and disengaged fine, as the pedal came back up smoothly after my foot came off it while trying to get into gear. We were barely able to get the car into neutral to tow it. While we were trying to get the car into gear, the engine would "jump" forward and backward more than it regularly does. I had a brand new clutch put in a few weeks back. Also a cord was hanging from the bottom of the car.
2007-04-22 14:15:17 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
My car is a cable clutch. a mechanic said it was leaking transmission fluid
2007-04-22 14:30:01 · update #1
I'm not sure if the mechanic who put in the new clutch refilled the transmission fluid to the proper level or not. To answer another question asked by one of the respondents, the car does not shift fine when the car is off. Also, my brother drives a manual transmission/clutch car also, so he knows what he's doing and we were not going fast at all as we were just resuming acceleration from a red light.
2007-04-22 15:35:00 · update #2
did the clutch shop refill your tranny with the proper quantity and type fluid?be honest was your brother abusing the car at the time? if answers are yes and no respectively suspect a damper spring from center of clutch disc has popped out of place and is causing incomplete disengagement [warranty job back at same shop] this would be a manufacturing defect not a labor defect so i hope you don't have to eat the labor good luck
2007-04-22 14:30:41 · answer #1 · answered by hobbabob 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I found my first car on a great deal and it was a shift. And of course I didn't know how to drive it. But it literally took me 30 minutes to learn the thing. One of my friends taught me. I am in love with stick shift cars ever since. It is very easy to learn - just don't be tensed when you learn. After you learn it you will drive it without even realizing that you are driving a shift. The difference between auto transmission and manual is that on the auto the gear shifts are automatic, i.e. the car will do this for you. In the manual you have to do it yourself. You have to apply the clutch any time you want to shift. Let's say you are starting the car... 1) You would apply the clutch and shift the gear to neutral (which is positioned in the middle) and then crank the engine. 2) You would apply the clutch and shift the gear to first and then slowly release the clutch while gently pressing the pedal (this is in fact the hardest part on a stick shift... just starting on the first gear... you will see what I am talking about) 3) Once the speed reaches 15-20, you will apply the clutch again and shift it to second gear and then slowly (but a little bit faster than while you started) release the clutch while pressing the pedal... Also make sure you release the pedal while pressing the clutch to shift the gear.... 4) You would repeat the same step three to change for third, fourth and fifth gears... at approximately 30-35 (third gear), 40-45 (fourth) and so on.. you will know when you have to change because the engine will Rev up.... and you will hear it... 5) You will also do the same things to downshift. Normally you will downshift one by one, i.e. fifth to fourth to third etc. unless you are making an emergency stop. 6) You also need to apply the clutch any time you are trying to stop the car, otherwise the engine will stop.... Trust me it is easy to learn... Once you learn it you will know how much fun it is...
2016-05-21 03:44:59 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i own a repair shop and it sounds like it has broken a clutch cable or something on it ,that will prevent it from going in gear like that,that's the only thing i can think of right off that would cause it to do that,unless the throw out bearing went out,and id imagine they put a new one in it when they did the clutch,you,ll probably have to check over it real good,something has broken or came off of it ,look at the clutch cable first if has the cable,it may be broken,if it has the slave cylinder on it,look and see if it has leaked any fluid at all,good luck with it hope this helps.
2007-04-22 14:23:27 · answer #3 · answered by dodge man 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not a FWD so it's not the shift cable.
Does the car shift fine when it's off ?? if it does then it's the pilot and throw-out bearings.
If that's not the case my bet is that it's the fork being screwed up.
You said the pedal works smoothly and that says that the master and slave clutch cylinder are working fine
2007-04-22 14:30:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bad news! And on a car that won't be cheap to fix. Unfortunately this same thing happened on my Audi TT. What had happened to your could be one of 2 things, either you bent the shifting forks and need to replace it or you froze up the tranny. Sounds like your shifting fork the though since you said 4th gear still works. Don't try and drive it any more or you can cause alot more damage.
2007-04-22 14:23:26 · answer #5 · answered by Jester17 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the shift linkage is messed up
2007-04-22 14:23:16 · answer #6 · answered by smokey 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋