Transmission : Hard to put it in Reverse
 

I have 01 GT with 46K miles on it. Its manual and whenever I try to put my car in Reverse, most of the time I just have to struggle and wont go in Reverse. I have to make 2 or 3 attempts to put it in reverse. But sometimes its really smooth.

Manual transmission oil was changed with Mobile 1 Syn at 43k Miles.

sounds normal to me

thats how they all are bro.

A nice trick to know is if you let up on the clutch like not even a inch it will go into R like a warm knife through butter (don't engage yoru clutch though!! just take it a lil bit off the floor)

another trick is to put it in first then second and it will go in thats what i do

yep. or just first, then reverse. either way its always been a PITA. just be lucky urs dont grind like a lot of em do

If I put mine straight into reverse it'll make a nice little clang with a slight grind feel. I either go 1-R or 5-R, and always in reverse when I park it I find that helps out some to.

There is a TSB about this...

I find that 5-R works every time as far as anti-grinding goes.

Occasionally though, as far as the "blocking" issue goes, maybe 1 out of 30 times, the shifter will hit a "wall" trying to go into reverse, even after trying this 5th - reverse method. This is easily fixed by putting the car into neutral, taking your foot off the clutch and simply trying again. It should definitely go in after this second attempt. :)

Coulda just put some purple ice in it...fix it right up...just sayin...:icon_fryingpan:

Definitely try some purple ice...

EHEM... Royal Purple Transmission Fluid. :P

My toyota corolla daily driver is the same way....others that have driven it don't have issues, but I seem to have to rough it up to get it to go into reverse. :icon_shrug:

LMFAO....muahhahaahahahaha very well then. :icon_stooge:

Yeah-yeah-yeah!

purple-ice FTMFW...

This stuff is now officially a joke. If someone ever tells me they put this additive in their car, I will laugh. Hard. lol

no no no.....it always HAS been a joke...YOU are simply FINALLY realizing this common sense fact....:icon_deadhorse:

:D

I meant to add "in my book" after my last response ;)

Purple Ice is actually a hell of a product....You can get a discount on it by going through BBK's website. Contact Hoss for the discount code..

Sonic......

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